"25 YEARS OF MEXICAN FIRST IN SPACE, RODOLFO NERI VELA"
16 - NOVEMBER - 2010

On November 26, 1985 took off from Kennedy Space Center of NASA in the United States the orbital Atlantis with the crew 61-B. The objective of this mission to put into orbit three communications satellites one of them, Mexico's Morelos II, to perform experiments in microgravity, photographing different regions of the earth and carry out two spacewalks to perform the first drill of building structure Earth orbit, with a view to future integration of the International Space Station. Were crew composed of six Americans: Major Shaw, the pilot O'Connor, Ross, Spring, Mary Cleave, and Walter, and the first Mexican in space Dr. Rodolfo Neri Vela, this was the first time in history space travel when there was a representative of a Latin American country on a mission of NASA.

 DESIGNER: SERGIO BARRANCA RÁBAGO

TECHNIQUE: DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMPOSITION

INKS USED: CYAN, MAGENTA, YELLOW, BLACK AND SECURITY INK

TYPE OF PRINTING: OFFSET

SIZE: 40 X 48 MM

DRILLING: COMB 13

LEAVES WITH: 24 STAMPS  (STAMP SERIES OF TWO)

PAPER: WHITE MATT COUCH, ONE SIDE OF 110 g/m2 GLUED

PRINTED BY PRINTING STAMP WORKSHOPS AND VALUES

DRAFT: 300,000 (150.000 OF EACH)

YEAR: 2010

FACE VALUE: $ 14.00 (DOS STAMPS $ 7.00 C / U)