Ellen Ochoa
American astronaut and engineer (born 1958) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Ellen Ochoa (born May 10, 1958) is an American engineer, former astronaut and former director of the Johnson Space Center.[1] In 1993, Ochoa became the first Latina woman to go to space when she served on a nine-day mission aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery.[2] Ochoa became director of the center upon the retirement of the previous director, Michael Coats, on December 31, 2012.[3] She was the first Latina director and the second female director of Johnson Space Center.
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Born | (1958-05-10) May 10, 1958 (age 66) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Education | San Diego State University (BS) Stanford University (MS, PhD) |
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Time in space | 41d 19h 35m |
Selection | NASA Group 13 (1990) |
Missions | STS-56 STS-66 STS-96 STS-110 |
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