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Ellen Ochoa
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1958-05-10 ) May 10, 1958 (age 68) , Los Angeles , California, U.S.
- Education
- San Diego State University ( BS ), Stanford University ( MS , PhD )
- Time in space
- 41d 19h 35m
- Selection
- NASA Group 13 (1990)
- Missions
- STS-56 , STS-66 , STS-96 , STS-110
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Part of
- NASA Astronaut Group 13
- Given name
- Ellen
- Family name
- Ochoa
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- engineer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Ellen Ochoa (29320023973).jpg
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Encyclopedic overview
Ellen Ochoa (pronunciation; born May 10, 1958) is an American engineer, former astronaut and former director of the Johnson Space Center. In 1993, Ochoa became the first Latina to go to space when she served on a nine-day mission aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. Ochoa became director of the center upon the retirement of the previous director, Michael Coats, on December 31, 2012. She was the first Latina director and the second female director of Johnson Space Center.
Early life and education
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