Ricardo Peralta y Fabi

Ricardo Peralta

Ricardo Peralta (NASA photo)
Born Ricardo Peralta y Fabi
(1950-08-15) August 15, 1950
Mexico
Occupation Mexican astronaut selectee, engineer, professor

Ricardo Peralta y Fabi (born August 15, 1950) is a Mexican mechanical engineer and former astronaut trainee[1] who was a backup for astronaut Rodolfo Neri Vela on STS-61-B.[2][3] Peralta was one of three people selected among 400 applicants to the Mexican space program.

Accident

Peralta was the alternate of the first Mexican astronaut Rodoflo Neri Vela at the time of the ultralight accident (bought as remuneration for astronaut training), in which he was seriously injured. He was unable to complete astronaut training and training at Indiana University. He left the corps of astronauts on 3 December 1985.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Martinez, Nurit (25 November 2005). "Accidente 'echo abajo' al segundo astronauta nacional". archivo.eluniversal.com.mx (in Spanish). El Universal. Retrieved 8 August 2016.
  2. ↑ "First Mexican astronaut happy to join shuttle". The Gadsden Times. Associated Press. June 6, 1985. p. B6.
  3. ↑ Evans, Ben (June 1, 2012). Tragedy and Triumph in Orbit: The Eighties and Early Nineties. Springer Science+Business Media. p. 424. ISBN 978-1-46143-430-6.


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