93,758 profiles ranked live

Ellen Ochoa

✓ Source-basedrising

American engineer and former astronaut

United StatesScientistsBorn 1958 · age 68
CompareClaim
Fame60.2
Momentum25.0
Languages29
In century#6,980

Ellen Ochoa 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.

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Also inDeutsch

Photos 3

Awards 11

2024Presidential Medal of Freedom
2015California Hall of Fame
2012Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
2003NASA Distinguished Service Medal
2002NASA Space Flight Medal
2000NASA Exceptional Service Medal
1999NASA Space Flight Medal
1997NASA Exceptional Service Medal
1995NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal
United States Astronaut Hall of Fame
Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics

Connected to Ellen 6

About this person

Ellen Ochoa 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.

Text from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0

Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
living
Dates
Born 1958 · age 68
Wikipedia
29 languages

Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.