Ellen Ochoa
Ellen Ochoa is an American engineer and former astronaut. Born May 10, 1958, in Mexico City. Educated at Stanford University and San Diego State University. Awards include California Hall of Fame, United States Astronaut Hall of Fame and NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal.
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- Described as
- American engineer and former astronaut
- Born
- May 10, 1958 · 1 reference
- Born in
- Mexico City · 1 reference
- Citizen of
- United States
- Occupation
- astronaut; engineer
- Worked for
- Sandia National Laboratories · 1 reference; Ames Research Center · 1 reference; Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · 1 reference; National Science Board · 1 reference
- Education
- Stanford University · 1 reference; San Diego State University · 2 references; Grossmont High School · 1 reference
- Member of
- Phi Beta Kappa Society; National Academy of Engineering (2020–) · 1 reference; Graduate Women in Science
- Awards
- California Hall of Fame (2015); United States Astronaut Hall of Fame; NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal (1995) · 1 reference; NASA Exceptional Service Medal (2 times) (1997, 2000) · 1 reference; NASA Space Flight Medal (2 times) (1999, 2002) · 1 reference; NASA Distinguished Service Medal (2003) · 1 reference; Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (2012) · 1 reference; Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics · 1 reference; Presidential Medal of Freedom (2024) · 1 reference
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What Wikipedia says · copied November 14, 2026 · revision 1385399375
Ellen Ochoa (; 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.
- Born, in its opening lines
- May 10, 1958
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