Mexican Space Agency (AEM) and it's 5 fact

The Mexican Space Agency (Spanish: Agencia Espacial Mexicana) is the national space agency of Mexico, established in July 2010. The direct antecedent of the agency is the Commission Nacional del Espacia Exterior (CONEE) (English: National Commission of Outer Space), an office created by Presidential decree on August 31, 1962.

The law that creates the agency was published by the President Felipe Calderon on July 30, 2010 and came into effect on July 31, 2010. The board was established which was organising a series of forums with space experts to outline a space policy, that was published on 13 July 2010.

On December 2017, a stratospheric balloon flight carrying a gondola, Nanoconect- 1, was declared the first satellite launch by AEM and from Mexican territory.

Facts about Mexican Space Agency:

1. The agency does not have infrastructure and aim to promote and coordinate education, research and development of the space related activities that are performed in the country.

2. The space agency was formed on July 31,2010.

3. The bill for the foundation of normal space agency was originally conceived by José Luis Gracia and Fernando de la Peña. 

4. The agency was promoted by the Mexican Chamber of Deputies( 208 votes yes, 2 no and 4 absentees) on April 20, 2010.

5. In June 2015 AEM signed a launch contract to transport micro-rovers as secondary payloads on Astrobotic Technology's lunar lander called peregrine, now planned for a 2021 launch.