Rodolfo Neri Vela

Rodolfo Neri Vela
Born (1952-02-19) February 19, 1952 (age 72)
Alma materNational Autonomous University of Mexico (BS)
University of Essex (MS)
University of Birmingham (PhD)
OccupationEngineer
Space career
NASA Payload Specialist
Time in space
6d 21h 04m
Selection1985 NASA Group
MissionsSTS-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.

  1. ^ NASA (1985). "Rodolfo Neri Vela (Ph.D.) Biography". NASA. Retrieved 4 October 2007.