71 years (April 5, 1950)
Q. What is Franklin Chang Diaz doing now?
Franklin Ramón Chang Díaz (April 5, 1950) is a Costa Rican American mechanical engineer, physicist and former NASA astronaut. He is the only founder and current CEO of Ad Astra Rocket Company as well as a member of Cummins’ board of directors. Chang Díaz is a member of the NASA Astronaut Hall of Fame.
Q. Is Franklin Chang Diaz married?
Peggy Marguerite Doncasterm. 1984
Q. Where did Franklin Chang Diaz go to school?
Massachusetts Institute of Technology1977
Q. Who was the first Hispanic female astronaut?
Ellen Ochoa
Q. How many Hispanic astronauts are there?
List of Hispanic astronauts
| # | Name Birth date | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Franklin Chang-Diaz April 5, 1950 | First Costa Rican astronaut |
| 4 | Sidney M. Gutierrez June 27, 1951 | First U.S.-born Hispanic astronaut |
| 5 | Ellen Ochoa May 10, 1958 | First female Hispanic astronaut |
| 6 | Michael Lopez-Alegria May 30, 1958 | First Spanish-born astronaut |
Q. What does STS mean in NASA?
Space Transportation System
Q. What is the name of the second Hispanic female to join the NASA astronaut corps?
In 1993 Ochoa became the first Hispanic woman to go to space when she served on a nine-day mission aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery….
| Ellen Ochoa | |
|---|---|
| Space career | |
| NASA astronaut | |
| Time in space | 40d 19h 35m m |
| Selection | 1990 NASA Group |
Q. Does Mexico have a NASA?
The Mexican Space Agency (AEM; Spanish: Agencia Espacial Mexicana) is the national space agency of Mexico, established in July 2010.
Q. Where is Jose Hernandez from?
French Camp, California, United States
Q. When was Ellen Ochoa born?
May 10, 1958 (age 62 years)
Q. How old is Ellen Ochoa now?
62 years (May 10, 1958)
Q. Where and when was Ellen Ochoa born?
May 10, 1958 (age 62 years), Los Angeles, California, United States
Q. Who is Ellen Ochoa husband?
Coe Fulmer Milesm. 1990
Q. When did Ellen Ochoa get married?
May 27, 1990 (Coe Fulmer Miles)
Q. Which milestone did Ellen Ochoa achieve while at NASA?
She became the first Hispanic woman to go to space when she served on the nine-day STS-56 mission aboard the space shuttle Discovery in 1993. She has flown in space four times, including STS-66, STS-96 and STS-110, logging nearly 1,000 hours in orbit.
Q. Who is Ellen Ochoa parents?
Rosanne Ochoa
Q. What was Ellen Ochoa education?
Stanford University1985
Q. What is Ellen Ochoa famous for?
Ellen Ochoa became the first Hispanic woman to go to space when she boosted to orbit with the space shuttle Discovery in 1993. She is a co-inventor on three patents for optical systems and is currently the director of the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas.
Q. How do you spell Ochoa?
Ochoa (Basque: Otxoa) is a Spanish surname of Basque origin common throughout Spain, France, the Americas, and the Philippines. It is a surname of patronymic origin; it was originally a given name in Medieval Spain.
Q. What type of engineer is Ellen Ochoa?
electrical engineering
