On the night of November 26, 1985, Rodolfo Neri Vela became the first Mexican in space, aboard the shuttle Atlantis. According to Excélsior, during his seven days in space he asked for tortillas in his daily ration.
Excélsior writes that NASA technicians found them the perfect food for space, because a tortilla “no genera ninguna migaja que pueda poner en riesgo a la nave” (produces no crumb that could endanger the craft).