Ceremony will take place in the Huaca Pucllana
by the El Reportero’s wire services
Distinction will be held within the framework of the activities for the 52nd Regular Session of the Assembly of the Organization of American States, to be held in Lima from October 5 to 7.
On Oct. 5, Ambassador Luis Almagro, Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), will be distinguished by the Mayor of Miraflores Luis Molina, who will present him with the Key to the City of Miraflores, in a special act that will have as scene of the pre-Inca ancestral precinct Huaca Pucllana.
In a letter sent to Mayor Molina, Ambassador Almagro confirms the honor of accepting the award from the Municipality of Miraflores.
The distinction ceremony will take place within the framework of the activities for the 52nd Regular Period of Sessions of the OAS Assembly, to be held from Oct. 5 to 7 in the city of Lima.
Mayor Molina thanked Ambassador Almagro for his deference and recalled that on a recent visit to the OAS headquarters in Washington he spoke with him and told him about the Municipality’s decision to give him the Key to the City of Miraflores.
Mexican student to participate in NASA’s next mission to explore Titan
He’ll contribute scientific experience as well as inherited knowledge from his Mayan astronomer ancestors, he said
A Campeche man will contribute to NASA’s mission to explore Titan, the largest moon of Saturn.
Guillermo Adrián Chin Canché, a Mayan man currently studying in Ensenada, Baja California, will assist the U.S. space agency in its mission to deliver an eight-bladed rotorcraft dubbed “Dragonfly” to Titan.
“Slated for launch in 2027 and arrival in 2034, Dragonfly will sample and examine dozens of promising sites around Saturn’s icy moon and advance our search for the building blocks of life,” NASA says on its website.
Chin Canché, a physical oceanography student at Ensenada’s Center for Scientific Research and Higher Education, told the EFE news agency that his research in the fields of planetary science and astrobiology allowed him to collaborate on the Dragonfly project. He will be the only Mexican to contribute to the mission.
Chin Canché said he will work with NASA to study the atmosphere of Titan, which is larger than the planet Mercury and the second largest moon in the solar system. He said the aim of his work is to “predict meteorological phenomenons,” including turbulence that could affect Dragonfly’s flight.
“During its 2.7-year (32-month) baseline mission, Dragonfly will explore Titan’s diverse environments and take advantage of its dense nitrogen-based atmosphere – four times denser than Earth’s – to fly like a drone.”
