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Por / By Enrique Rob Lunski
Latin American Space Programs
Democracies
“La vacuna es un bien global que debe socializarse”
~Alberto Fernández,
Presidente de Argentina
La Historia No Oficial
Little known are the space programs in Latin America that seek to integrate the continent and achieve technological independence.
The first country to form its own space agency was Argentina with the CONAE (National Commission for Space Activities) in 1991, followed by Brazil in 1994.
Likewise, twelve Latin American countries have managed to put their own satellites into space orbit, from regular satellites of research and communication to nano satellites.
They are Brasil, México, Argentina, Chile, Colombia, Venezuela, Ecuador, Bolivia, Uruguay, Perú, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Paraguay, Honduras (2023), and Panamá (2024).
It should be noted that both Argentina and Brazil have their own
launch centers and in the case of Argentina, work is being done on the
construction of its own transporters such as the Tronador I and II.
Eight Latin American astronauts/cosmonauts have reached space:
Fernando "Frank" Caldeiro (Argentina)
was selected as an astronaut by NASA in 1996.
Marcos Pontes (Brazil)
conducted experiments on the International Space Station in 2006.
Franklin Ramón Chang Díaz (Costa Rica)
holds the record for the most trips to space with seven missions.
Rodolfo Neri Vela (Mexico)
participated in the mission to build electrical
structures for three satellites.
Carlos I. Noriega (Peru)
participated in two Space Shuttle missions.
Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez (Cuba)
the first Latin American to fly into space as a
member of the Soyuz 8 crew in 1980.
Jose Armando López Falcón (Cuba)
the second Latin American to fly into space.
Ronnie Nader Bello (Ecuador)
trained in Russia and created the
Ecuadorian Civil Space Agency.
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