Mexico in Space

From La Raza Cósmica to The Space Race

Abstract

Anne W. Johnson's, Mexico in Space: From La Raza Cósmica to The Space Race, released in 2026, is an extensive ethnographic study of Mexico's history with outer space. Relying on two main frameworks and Canguilhem's concept of milieux it produces an interpretation of Mexico’s relationship to space which emphasizes a story of globalization and “planetization”. The Mexican space milieux invokes a multidimensional, situated understanding of outer space with blurred and shifting boundaries.