Ricardo Peralta y Fabi explained

Ricardo Peralta
Birth Name:	Ricardo Peralta y Fabi
Birth Date:	15 August 1950
Birth Place:	Mexico City
Death Place:	Mexico City
Occupation:	Mexican astronaut selectee, engineer, professor
Known For:	being the backup for Rodolfo Neri Vela
Children:	Ernesto Peralta Medina, Emiliano Peralta Medina, Liliana Peralta Magallón Child: yes Type: Mexican astronaut Status: Retired in 1985^[1] Selection: 1985

Ricardo Peralta y Fabi (August 15, 1950 – December 31, 2017^[2]) was a Mexican mechanical engineer and former astronaut trainee who was a backup for astronaut Rodolfo Neri Vela on STS-61-B.^{[3] [4]} 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 Rodolfo 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.^[5]

He taught at the University of Mexico City for many years after his astronaut career and died in 2016.

See also

• List of Hispanic astronauts

Notes and References

1. Web site: Astronaut Biography: Ricardo Peralta y Fabi. 2022-06-04. 2021-03-12.
2. Web site: Peralta y Fabi. 2022-06-04.
3. News: First Mexican astronaut happy to join shuttle . . Associated Press . June 6, 1985 . B6 .
4. Book: Evans, Ben . Tragedy and Triumph in Orbit: The Eighties and Early Nineties . . June 1, 2012 . 424 . 978-1-46143-430-6 .
5. Web site: Martinez. Nurit. Accidente 'echo abajo' al segundo astronauta nacional. archivo.eluniversal.com.mx. El Universal. 8 August 2016. es. 25 November 2005.