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Ricardo Peralta | |
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 Ricardo Peralta (NASA photo) | |
| Born | Ricardo Peralta y Fabi August 15, 1950 Mexico City |
| Died | December 31, 2017 (aged 67) Mexico City |
| Nationality | Mexican |
| Occupation(s) | Mexican astronaut selectee, engineer, professor |
| Known for | being the backup for Rodolfo Neri Vela |
| Children | Ernesto Peralta Medina, Emiliano Peralta Medina, Liliana Peralta Magallón |
| Status | Retired in 1985[1] |
| Space career | |
| Mexican astronaut | |
| Selection | 1985[1] |
Ricardo Peralta y Fabi (August 15, 1950 – December 31, 2017[2]) was a Mexican mechanical engineer and former astronaut trainee[3] who was a backup for astronaut Rodolfo Neri Vela on STS-61-B.[4][5] Peralta was one of three people selected among 400 applicants to the Mexican space program.
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- ^ 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.