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Ellen Ochoa (born May 10, 1958) is an American engineer, former astronaut, and the current Director of the
Personal life
Ochoa was born in Los Angeles, California, but considers La Mesa, California her hometown. Ochoa graduated from Grossmont High School in El Cajon in 1975. Her parents got divorced when she was in high school and so she lived with her mother and her three brothers. She received a bachelor of science degree in physics from San Diego State University and graduated Phi Beta Kappa in 1980, before earning a master of science degree and a doctorate in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 1981 and 1985, respectively. She is married to Coe Fulmer Miles, with whom she has two children. Ochoa is a classical flutist and played with the Stanford Symphony Orchestra, receiving the Student Soloist Award.[5]
Research career
As a doctoral student at Stanford, and later as a researcher at
NASA career
Ochoa was selected by NASA in January 1990 and became an astronaut in July 1991. Her technical assignments in the Astronaut Office includes serving as the crew representative for flight software, computer hardware and robotics, Assistant for Space Station to the Chief of the Astronaut Office, lead spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM) in Mission Control, and as acting as Deputy Chief of the Astronaut Office.
Ochoa became the first Hispanic woman in the world to go to space[6][4] when she served on a nine-day mission aboard the shuttle Discovery in 1993. The astronauts were studying the Earth's ozone layer. A veteran of four space flights, Ochoa has logged nearly 1,000 hours in space. She was a mission specialist on STS-56 (1993), was payload commander on STS-66, and was mission specialist and flight engineer on STS-96 and STS-110 in 2002.[7][8] Ochoa was in Mission Control during the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster and was one of the first personnel informed of television coverage showing Columbia's disintegration.[9]
Since 2007, she has served as Deputy Director of the Johnson Space Center, helping to manage and direct the Astronaut Office and Aircraft Operations, and is retired from spacecraft operations. On January 1, 2013, Ochoa became the first Hispanic and second female director of NASA's Johnson Space Center.[10]
Recognition
Ochoa was recognized during Hispanic Heritage Month activities in
Ochoa has received many awards among which are NASA's Exceptional Service Medal (1997), Outstanding Leadership Medal (1995) and Space Flight Medals (2002, 1999, 1994, 1993).[1]
Ochoa and Michael Foale are announced as the 2017 class of the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame.[12]
See also
References
- ^ a b Bio at NASA
- ^ http://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/news/releases/2012/J12-020.html
- ^ Guide to Hispanic Heritage
- ^ a b Space Today Online - Man In Space Firsts - table of contents
- ^ "Ellen Ochoa". American Physical Society. Retrieved 2016-01-31.
- ^ Guide to Hispanic Heritage
- ^ "Astronaut Bio: Ellen Ochoa". NASA. October 3, 2006. Retrieved 2007-01-25.
- ^ "Spacefacts biography of Ellen Ochoa".
- ^ "STS-107 Entry Timeline". spaceflightnow.com. Retrieved 2 February 2012.
- ^ "Ochoa Named Johnson Space Center Director". nasa.gov. Retrieved 10 January 2013.
- ^ http://www.clevelandairport.com/Airport-Guide/News---Media-Relations/Top-Stories/CLE_Bio_PDF.aspx[permanent dead link]
- ^ "U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony & Gala". Retrieved February 22, 2017.
External links
- Biography of Ochoa from IEEE
- Ellen Ochoa Video produced by Makers: Women Who Make America
- Interview with Ochoa aimed at young women
Category:1958 births
Category:Living people
Category:American astronauts
Category:American people of Mexican descent
Category:Phi Beta Kappa members
Category:Stanford University alumni
Category:Stanford University trustees
Category:United States Astronaut Hall of Fame inductees
Category:Women astronauts
Category:Women in engineering
Category:Women in technology