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#SICT.- As part of World Earth Day, the Secretary of Infrastructure, Communications and Transportation (SICT), Jorge Nuño Lara, met with the head of NASA, Bill Nelson, to promote an educational and cooperation agenda between the two countries.

Both officials agreed, together with the Mexican Space Agency (AEM), to begin talks on the cooperative use of satellite data for emergency management and prevention.

During the meeting held in Mexico City, they discussed the importance of Earth observation satellite data for disaster prevention and mitigation in urban areas.

They also agreed to strengthen education, innovation and research in priority areas such as earth sciences and nanosatellites. In the field of education, they discussed NASA’s International Internship (I2) program and the potential for expanding the participation of Mexican students in the program.

The meeting, which was attended by the Undersecretary of Communications and Transportation, Rogelio Jiménez Pons, and the Director General of the AEM, Salvador Landeros Ayala, is part of a fruitful collaboration between NASA and Mexico.

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