Rodolfo Neri Vela | |
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| Born | February 19, 1952 |
| Alma mater | National Autonomous University of Mexico (BS) University of Essex (MS) University of Birmingham (PhD) |
| Occupation | Engineer |
| Space career | |
| NASA Payload Specialist | |
Time in space | 6d 21h 04m |
| Selection | 1985 NASA Group |
| Missions | STS-61-B |
Mission insignia |  |
Rodolfo Neri Vela (born 19 February 1952) is a Mexican scientist and astronaut who flew aboard a NASA Space Shuttle mission in the year 1985.[1] He is the second Latin American to have traveled to space after Cuban cosmonaut Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez.
- ^ NASA (1985). "Rodolfo Neri Vela (Ph.D.) Biography". NASA. Retrieved 4 October 2007.