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Jun 18, 2024 · Ellen Ochoa, STS-56 mission specialist, takes a brief time out from a busy day in space to play a 15-minute set of flute music on the space shuttle Discovery’s aft flight deck. Ochoa, who has played the flute for years, performed the Marine Corps Hymn, Navy Hymn and God Save the Queen for fellow crew members as well as some Vivaldi for herself.
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] .
Ellen Ochoa is an American administrator and former astronaut who was the first Hispanic woman to travel into space (1993), working as a mission specialist aboard the space shuttle Discovery. She later served as director of the Johnson Space Center (2013–18).
In 2013, Ellen Ochoa became the 11th director of the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston. She was the second female to hold this prestigious position, and the first Latina.
Jun 18, 2024 · Dr. Ellen Ochoa, a veteran astronaut, was the 11th director of the Johnson Space Center. She was JSC’s first Hispanic and second female director. Previous management roles included Deputy Center Director and Director of Flight Crew Operations, and she served as a mission specialist on four space shuttle flights.
Jul 17, 2023 · Dr. Ellen Ochoa, a veteran astronaut, was the 11th director of the Johnson Space Center. She was JSC’s first Hispanic director, and its second female director. Her previous management roles include Deputy Center Director and Director of Flight Crew Operations.
1st Latina Astronaut in Space. After joining NASA’s Astronaut Corps in 1991, Ellen became the first Latina astronaut in space when she flew aboard STS-56/Space Shuttle Discovery in 1993.
May 7, 2024 · Ellen Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman to go to space and one of NASA’s most decorated astronauts and leaders, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom on Friday, the country’s highest...
May 5, 2024 · Ellen Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman to launch into space, is now the second female astronaut to be awarded the U.S.'s highest honor — the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Dr. Ellen Ochoa, who became the first Hispanic woman in space in 1993, is shown onboard the SpaceHab module in the cargo bay of the Space Shuttle Discovery during a mission in 1999.
