Rodolfo Neri Vela
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Nationality Mexican
Date Of Birth 1952-02-19
Status Retired
Type Government
Astronaut Biography
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. He is the first Mexican, and the second Latin American to have traveled to space.
