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Joseph M. Acaba

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Astronaut, Hydrogeologist, science teacher

United StatesBorn 1967 · age 59
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Joseph Michael Acabá is an American educator, hydrogeologist, and NASA astronaut. In May 2004, he became the first person of Puerto Rican ancestry to be named as a NASA astronaut candidate, when he was selected as a member of NASA Astronaut Training Group 19.

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Acaba with a Puerto Rican flag aboard STS-119Acaba with a Puerto Rican flag aboard STS-119Mission Specialist Educators Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger, Ricky Arnold, and Joseph Acaba during a parabolic flight.Mission Specialist Educators Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger, Ricky Arnold, and Joseph Acaba during a parabolic flight.Acaba's name is inscribed in the American Astronaut Wall of Fame in Winslow, Arizona.Acaba's name is inscribed in the American Astronaut Wall of Fame in Winslow, Arizona.

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2012NASA Distinguished Service Medal

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Joseph Michael Acabá is an American educator, hydrogeologist, and NASA astronaut. In May 2004, he became the first person of Puerto Rican ancestry to be named as a NASA astronaut candidate, when he was selected as a member of NASA Astronaut Training Group 19. He completed his training on February 10, 2006, and was assigned to STS-119, which flew from March 15 to 28, 2009, to deliver the final set of solar arrays to the International Space Station. He is the first person of Caribbean and Puerto Rican origin, and the twelfth of fifteen people of Ibero-American heritage to have flown to space as a NASA astronaut.

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Born 1967 · age 59
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