WASHINGTON, April 16,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Continuing their
significant engagement with key government officials around the
world to deepen ties and strengthen space collaboration, NASA
Administrator Bill Nelson and Deputy
Administrator Pam Melroy will visit
Mexico City on Monday, April 22 and Tuesday, April 23.
Nelson and Melroy will meet with senior Mexican government
officials, including President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and
Mexican Space Agency (AEM) leaders, to strengthen bilateral
cooperation across a broad range of innovation and research areas,
such as Earth science and exploration. Together, the two nations
are working to achieve mutual goals of addressing climate
change.
NASA and AEM also are collaborating on nanosatellite technology
demonstrators that will contribute to the future of space
exploration. Mexico is a signatory
of the Artemis Accords, a practical set of principles to guide
space exploration cooperation among nations for the safe, peaceful,
and prosperous use of space.
The visit to Mexico coincides
with Earth Day on April 22. NASA is
engaged in a wide range of activities with Mexican counterparts in
Earth science. The administrator and deputy administrator will
discuss opportunities for broadening this area of collaboration,
including using NASA missions to study air quality and improving
water resources management.
Nelson and Melroy also will meet with students in Mexico to discuss science, technology,
engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education and their role as
members of the Artemis Generation.
For more information about NASA's international partnerships,
visit:
https://www.nasa.gov/oiir/
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