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Ellen Ochoa | |
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 Ochoa in 2002 | |
| Born | May 10, 1958 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Education | San Diego State University (BS) Stanford University (MS, PhD) |
| Space career | |
| NASA astronaut | |
Time in space | 41d 19h 35m |
| Selection | NASA Group 13 (1990) |
| Missions | STS-56 STS-66 STS-96 STS-110 |
Mission insignia |     |
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] Ochoa became director of the center upon the retirement of the previous director, Michael Coats, on December 31, 2012.[3] She was the first Latina director and the second female director of Johnson Space Center.
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- ^ "Ochoa Named Johnson Space Center Director: Coats to Retire". NASA. November 16, 2012. Retrieved November 27, 2017.