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Ellen Ochoa is a former astronaut from National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 4 spaceflights.
BIOGRAPHY
Ellen Ochoa is an American engineer, former astronaut and the current Director of the Johnson Space Center. Ochoa became director of the center upon the retirement of the previous director, Michael Coats, on December 31, 2012. In 1993 Ochoa became the first Hispanic woman in the world to go to space when she served on a nine-day mission aboard the shuttle Discovery.
PERSONAL DETAILS
NationalityUnited States of America
BornMay 10, 1958
AgencyNational Aeronautics and Space Administration
TypeGovernment
StatusFormer
First FlightApril 8, 1993
Last FlightApril 8, 2002
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