Who is Ellen Ochoa? Born in Los Angeles in 1958, Ellen Ochoa learned the value of education early. When Ochoa was young, her mother enrolled in college. Between raising five kids while taking classes one at a time, Ochoa’s mother finally earned a college degree. It took her 22 years. ...
Ellen Ochoa’s life journey offers an outstanding example of how invention can lead to adventure. She first worked as a creative engineer and went on to become the world’s first Hispanic female astronaut. Ochoa graduated from San Diego State University in 1980 with a degree in Physics. Mindfu...
John Herrington, chosen in 1996, become the first enrolled member of a Native American tribe to fly into space. Ellen Ochoa, now the director of the Johnson Space Center in Houston, was the first hispanic woman to launch to space three years after she joined NASA's corps in 1990. Mark L...
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