Rodolfo Neri Vela
Mexican scientist and astronaut
Rodolfo Neri Vela is a Mexican scientist and astronaut who flew aboard a NASA Space Shuttle mission in the year 1985. He is the second Latin American to have traveled to space after Cuban cosmonaut Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez. Wikipedia
Born: 1952 (age 72 years), Chilpancingo, Mexico
Space missions: STS-61-B
Education: University of Birmingham (1979), University of Essex Colchester Campus (1975–1976), and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (1975)
Parents: Rolando Hugo Neri Calvo and Cristina Vela
Nationality: Mexican