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Rodolfo Neri Vela, First Mexican Astronaut Talks To Children And Young People From Iztapalapa

Rodolfo Neri Vela, the first Mexican astronaut and the first Latin American to go on a mission with NASA on the shuttle Atlantis in 1985, unveils a mural inspired by him outside the UTOPIA Libertad facilities in the Iztapalapa district of Mexico City, on july 28, 2023, who spoke to children and young people about his keynote lecture ''Mexico in Space and the Return to the Moon'', sharing some of his experiences in order to inspire and motivate more people to study and focus on science. (Photo by Gerardo Vieyra/NurPhoto)