Francisco Javier Mendieta, Date of Birth, Place of Birth
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Mexican telecommunications engineer
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Place of Birth: San Luis PotosĂ, Mexico
About Francisco Javier Mendieta
- Francisco Javier Mendieta JimĂ©nez (born 28 November 1955 in San Luis PotosĂ) is a Mexican telecommunications engineer and academic who chaired the Ensenada Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education (Cicese) and serves, by presidential appointment, as the founding director-general of the Mexican Space Agency.Mendieta graduated with a bachelor's degree in Mechanical and Electrical Engineering from the National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM) and earned both a master's degree and a doctorate in Telecommunications at the École Nationale SupĂ©rieure des TĂ©lĂ©communications (also known as TĂ©lĂ©com ParisTech) in Paris, France.He has conducted experiments for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the United States and, for the STS-61-B Atlantis mission, he was designated as an eventual substitute of Rodolfo Neri Vela, the reserve payload specialist who became the first Mexican national in space.
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