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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.

Rodolfo Neri Vela
Born (1952-02-19) February 19, 1952 (age 70)
Chilpancingo, Guerrero, Mexico
NationalityMexican
OccupationEngineer
Space career
NASA Payload Specialist
Time in space
6d 21h 04m
Selection1985 NASA Group
MissionsSTS-61-B
Mission insignia

Personal


Neri was born in Chilpancingo, Guerrero, Mexico. He is a professor for the Telecommunications Department in the Electrical Engineering Division of the Engineering Faculty, at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). He is of Native American, Spanish and Italian ancestry.


Education


Neri was a High School student at Escuela Nacional Preparatoria 2. Neri received a bachelor's degree in mechanical and electrical engineering, National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) 1975, and received a master's degree in science, specialized in telecommunications systems, in 1976 from the University of Essex, England. Neri then received a doctorate degree in electromagnetic radiation from the University of Birmingham in 1979 and performed one year of postdoctoral research in waveguides at the University of Birmingham.


Career


The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, United States; The Institution of Electrical Engineers, UK; Asociación Mexicana de Ingenieros en Comunicaciones Eléctricas y Electrónicas, Mexico; and Colegio de Ingenieros Mecánicos y Electricistas, Mexico.

Neri has worked as an Institute of Electrical Research, Mexico, in the Radio communications Group, doing research and system planning on antenna theory and design, satellite communications systems, and Earth station technology.

He is currently also a full-time researcher at the Electric Engineering department of the Faculty of Engineering at UNAM.

In 2016, he had a participation in the Latin American dubbing of the film Finding Dory as the narrator of the recording of the Institute of Marine Life.[2]


Spaceflight


Neri Vela's flight suit in the Museum of Technology in Mexico City.
Neri Vela's flight suit in the Museum of Technology in Mexico City.

Neri was a Payload Specialist aboard the STS-61-B Atlantis mission, from (November 26 to December 3, 1985).[1] STS-61B launched at night from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, and returned to land at Edwards Air Force Base, California. During the mission the crew deployed the MORELOS-B, AUSSATT II, and SATCOM K-2 communications satellites, conducted two six-hour spacewalks to demonstrate space station construction techniques with the EASE/ACCESS experiments, operated the Continuous Flow Electrophoresis (CRFES) experiment for McDonnell Douglas and a Getaway Special (GAS) container for Telesat, Canada, conducted several Mexican Payload Specialists Experiments for the Mexican government, and tested the Orbiter Experiments Digital Autopilot (OEX DAP).

At mission conclusion, Neri had traveled 2.4 million miles (3.8 million km) in 108 Earth orbits, and logged over 165 hours in space.[1]


See also



Bibliography



References


  1. NASA (1985). "Rodolfo Neri Vela (Ph.D.) Biography". NASA. Retrieved 4 October 2007.
  2. Espíndola, José Pablo (November 26, 2017). "El primer astronauta mexicano". El Universal. Retrieved March 28, 2020.



На других языках


[de] Rodolfo Neri Vela

Rodolfo Neri Vela (* 19. Februar 1952 in Chilpancingo, Mexiko) ist der erste und bislang einzige mexikanische Raumfahrer.
- [en] Rodolfo Neri Vela

[es] Rodolfo Neri Vela

Rodolfo Neri Vela (Chilpancingo de los Bravo, 19 de febrero de 1952) es un doctor en ingeniería mexicano. Fue el primer astronauta mexicano en ir al espacio en su primera misión y el segundo latinoamericano (el primero fue el cosmonauta Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez, de Cuba), al crearse un programa de colaboración entre la Secretaría de Comunicaciones y Transportes de México (SCT) y la NASA.[1]

[fr] Rodolfo Neri Vela

Rodolfo Neri Vela est le premier spationaute mexicain, né le 19 février 1952.

[it] Rodolfo Neri Vela

Rodolfo Neri Vela (Chilpancingo de los Bravo, 19 febbraio 1952) è un ex astronauta messicano. fu il primo messicano nello spazio

[ru] Нери Вела, Родольфо

Родо́льфо Не́ри Ве́ла (исп. Rodolfo Neri Vela; род. 19 февраля 1952, Чильпансинго-де-лос-Браво, штат Герреро) — мексиканский учёный, 1-й космонавт Мексики. Единственный до сегодняшнего дня мексиканец и второй латиноамериканец, побывавший в космосе (первым был Арнальдо Тамайо из Кубы).



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