Rodolfo Neri Vela, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Rodolfo Neri Vela

Mexican astronaut

Date of Birth: 19-Feb-1953

Place of Birth: Chilpancingo, Guerrero, Mexico

Profession: scientist, astronaut, engineer

Nationality: Mexico

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

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.