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Date of Birth |
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Childhood / Family |
Single |
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Education |
Received a bachelor's degree in mechanical and electronic
engineering, University of Mexico, 1975; studied the master's program in
science, specialized in telecommunications systems, 1975-1976, University of
Essex, England; received a doctoral degree in electromagnetic radiation,
University of Birmingham, England, 1979; and 1 year of postdoctoral research
in waveguides, University of Birmingham, England. |
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Occupation |
Researcher |
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Military Service / Civilian |
Civilian |
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Space Training / Specialty |
Payload Specialist |
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Contribution to Space Travel |
First Hispanic astronaut in space. |
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Space Missions |
STS-61B Atlantis and
STS-61B From 1989 to 1990 Neri Vela worked on the International Space
Station for the European Space Agency in |
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Outside Activities |
Enjoys jogging, cycling, swimming, reading, cinema, theatre,
and music. |
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Interesting Fact(s) |
He has been Head of the Department of Planning and Engineering
of the Morelos Satellite Program at the Mexican Ministry of Communications
and Transportation. He has published many articles and ten books. |
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Status |
Full time post-graduate lecturer and researcher at the
National University of Mexico |
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Links |
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/nerivela-r.html http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/international/english/nerivela_rodolfo.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rodolfo_Neri_Vela http://www.spacefame.org/vela.html |
