Rodolfo Neri Vela
| Rodolfo Neri Vela | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 19, 1952 | 
| Alma mater | National Autonomous University of Mexico (BS) University of Essex (MS) University of Birmingham (PhD) | 
| Occupation | Engineer | 
| Space career | |
| NASA Payload Specialist | |
| Time in space | 6d 21h 04m | 
| Selection | 1985 NASA Group | 
| Missions | STS-61-B | 
| Mission insignia | |
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 second Latin American to have traveled to space after Cuban cosmonaut Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez.