Ellen Ochoa

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Ellen Ochoa is an American engineer, former astronaut, and the first Hispanic woman to travel to space, who later served as director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American astronaut
Hispanic American
NASA administrator
astronaut
human
research engineer
academicDegree Bachelor of Science in physics
Master of Science in electrical engineering
PhD in electrical engineering
awardReceived Hispanic Heritage Award for Science and Technology NERFINISHED
NASA Distinguished Service Medal
NASA Exceptional Service Medal NERFINISHED
NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1958-05-10
directorOf NASA Johnson Space Center NERFINISHED
educatedAt San Diego State University NERFINISHED
Stanford University
employer NASA
NASA Ames Research Center NERFINISHED
Sandia National Laboratories NERFINISHED
endTimeOfPosition 2018 (Director of Johnson Space Center)
ethnicGroup Hispanic and Latino Americans NERFINISHED
familyName Ochoa NERFINISHED
fieldOfWork computerized image processing
electrical engineering
optics
firstSpaceflight STS-56 NERFINISHED
firstSpaceflightYear 1993
givenName Ellen NERFINISHED
hasPatentOn optical systems for image processing
memberOf American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics NERFINISHED
National Academy of Engineering
Optica (formerly Optical Society of America) NERFINISHED
name Ellen Ochoa NERFINISHED
notableAchievement first Hispanic woman to travel to space
placeOfBirth Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED
positionHeld Chief of the Astronaut Office (acting)
Deputy Director of NASA Johnson Space Center
Director of NASA Johnson Space Center
NASA astronaut NERFINISHED
residence Houston, Texas, United States NERFINISHED
selectedAsAstronaut 1990
spaceMission STS-110 NERFINISHED
STS-56 NERFINISHED
STS-66 NERFINISHED
STS-96 NERFINISHED
startTimeOfPosition 2013 (Director of Johnson Space Center)
totalTimeInSpace approximately 41 days

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Ochoa hasNotableBearer Ellen Ochoa
STS-110 missionSpecialist Ellen Ochoa