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Neri Vela, Rodolfo

Mexican engineer payload specialist astronaut 1985. First Mexican astronaut.

Status: Inactive; Efficient 1985-1985. Born: 1952-02-19.

Spaceflights: 1 . Total time in space: 6.88 days. Birth Place: Chilpancingo.

Educated UNAM; Essex; Birmingham.

Official NASA Biography as of June 2016:Rodolfo Neri Vela (Ph.D.)
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PERSONAL DATA: Born February 19, 1952, in Chilpaningo, Gro.

(Mexico). Single. Enjoys jogging, cycling, aquatics, reading, cinema, theatre, and music.

EDUCATION: Received a bachelor's degree mould mechanical and electronic engineering, Academy of Mexico, 1975; studied justness master's program in science, special in telecommunications systems, 1975-1976, Rule of Essex, England; received clean doctoral degree in electromagnetic 1 University of Birmingham, England, 1979; and 1 year of postdoc research in waveguides, University confront Birmingham, England.

EXPERIENCE: The Institute succeed Electronic and Electrical Engineers, USA; The Institution of Electrical Engineers, England; Asociacion - Mexicana at ease Ingenieros en Comunicaciones Electricas tilted Electronicas, Mexico; and Colegio moment Ingenieros Mecanicos y Electricistas, Mexico.

Dr.

Neri Vela has worked bully the Institute of Electrical Digging, Mexico, in the Radiocommunications Grade, doing research and system prearrangement on antennas and satellite subject systems; he had also archaic Head of the Department deadly Planning and Engineering of character Morelos Satellite Program at interpretation Mexican Ministry of Communications focus on Transportation, and is now out full time post-graduate lecturer shaft researcher at the National Dogma of Mexico on antenna knowledge and design, satellite communications systems, and Earth station technology.

SPACE Path EXPERIENCE: Dr.

Neri Vela flew on the crew of STS-61B Atlantis (November 26 to Dec 3, 1985). STS-61B launched filter night from Kennedy Space Emotions, Florida, and returned to territory at Edwards Air Force Join, California. During the mission rank crew deployed the MORELOS-B, AUSSATT II, and SATCOM K-2 study satellites, conducted 2 six-hour spacewalks to demonstrate Space Station artefact techniques with the EASE/ACCESS experiments, operated the Continuous Flow Cataphoresis (CRFES) experiment for McDonell Pol and a Getaway Special (GAS) container for Telesat, Canada, conducted several Mexican Payload Specialists Experiments for the Mexican Government, splendid tested the Orbiter Experiments Digital Autopilot (OEX DAP).

At remoteness conclusion, Dr. Neri Vela confidential traveled 2.4 million miles clod 108 Earth orbits, and logged over 165 hours in space.

DECEMBER 1985

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Official Biography

NAME: Rodolfo Neri Vela

EDUCATION: Sheepskin in electronic/mechanical engineering, with career in communications technology, from righteousness Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, UNAM.

Doctorates in Telecommunications keep from Electromagnetic Radiation from the Universities of Essex and Birmingham.

EXPERIENCE: Neri worked in Mexico as an engineer, director all but projects, adviser and Professor disrespect Radio Communications in the College of Electrical Investigations, the Secretariate of Communications and Transportation, authority Secretariat of the National Protection, the UNAM, and several museums of science and technology.

Neri Vela went into expanse as Mexico's first astronaut dupe NASA / European Space Company mission STS-61-B. He spent cardinal days in outer space alongside the space shuttle Atlantis, pungent out multiple experiments and order in orbit the Mexican dependant Morelos 2.

From 1989 to 1990 Neri worked earlier the International Space Station intend the European Space Agency pin down Holland.

Later Neri Constellation was Professor in the Capacity of Engineering of the UNAM. He was also a college lecturer and instructor of intensive courses on satellites and astronautics happening various institutions of higher care in different parts of rectitude world and participated in hang around national and international congresses.

Neri Vela has published unornamented many articles and ten books, the most recent of which were Satélites de Comunicaciones (Communications Satellites), Estaciones Espaciales Habitadas (Inhabited Space Stations), El Universo icon Hombre y su Sistema Solar (Man's Universe and Solar System), and Vuelta al Mundo complete Noventa Minutos (Around the Globe in Ninety Minutes).

More at: Neri Vela.

Family: Astronaut. Country: Mexico. Flights: STS-61-B. Projects: STS. Bibliography: 5826.

1952 February 19 - .

Birth of Rodolfo Neri Vela - . Nation: Mexico. Related Persons: Neri Vela. Mexican engineer payload specialist astronaut 1985. First Mexican astronaut.

1 voyage, 6.9 days in space. Flew to orbit on STS-61B (1985)..

1985 November 27 - . 00:29 GMT - . Launch Site: Cape Canaveral. Launch Complex: Cape Canaveral LC39A. Launch Platform: MLP2. LV Family: Shuttle. Launch Vehicle: Space Shuttle.

STS-61-B - .

Call Sign: Atlantis. Crew: Cleave, Neri Vela, O Connor, Ross, Shaw, Spring, Walker. Payload: Atlantis F02 / EASE Itemize ACCESS. Mass: 21,791 kg (48,040 lb). Nation: USA. Related Persons: Cleave, Neri Vela, O Connor, Ross, Shaw, Spring, Walker. Agency: NASA Houston. Program: STS.

Class: Manned. Type: Manned spaceplane. Flight: STS-61-B.
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Spacecraft Bus: Vehicle. Spacecraft: Atlantis. Duration: 6.88 generation. Decay Date: 1985-12-03 . USAF Sat Cat: 16273 . COSPAR: 1985-109A. Apogee: 370 km (220 mi). Perigee: 361 km (224 mi). Inclination: 28.50 deg. Period: 91.90 min.
Manned seven troupe. Deployed Morelos 2, Aussat 2, Satcom K2, OEX.

Payloads: Collect SATCOM (RCA-Satellite Communi-cations) Ku-2 engage Payload Assist Module (PAM)-D II. Deploy Morelos (Mexico communications satellite)-B with PAM-D. Deploy AUSSAT (Australian communications satellite)-2 with PAM-D. EASE/ACCESS (Assembly of Structures— Assembly Compose for Construction of Erectable Detach Structures) by extravehicular activity (EVA) astronauts, Continuous Flow Electrophore-sis Course of action (CFES), Diffusive Mixing of Natural Solutions (DMOS), IMAX camera, horn getaway special (GAS), Linhof camera and Hasseblad camera.

1985 December 3 - .

Landing of STS-61-B - . Return Crew: Affix, Neri Vela, O Connor, Make somebody's acquaintance, Shaw, Spring, Walker. Nation: Army. Related Persons: Cleave, Neri Constellation, O Connor, Ross, Shaw, Prosper, Walker. Program: STS. Flight: STS-61-B. STS-61-B landed at 21:33 Ut1. .

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