Ellen Ochoa: First Hispanic Woman in Space | NASA History

Ellen Ochoa: First Hispanic Woman in Space | NASA History

Today in NASA History: When Space Shuttle Discovery launched on April 8, 1993, on flight STS-56, astronaut Ellen Ochoa became the first Hispanic woman in space. Ochoa flew on four separate space missions and was the first Hispanic director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center (JSC) and its second female director.

NASA Astronaut Ellen Ochoa's Official Biography:

https://www.nasa.gov/centers/johnson/about/people/orgs/bios/ochoa.html

https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/716572main_Ellen_Ochoa_Biography.pdf (PDF)

NASA Johnson Space Center Oral History Project

Ellen L. Ochoa Oral History Interviews: Transcripts from audio-recorded, personal interviews

https://historycollection.jsc.nasa.gov/JSCHistoryPortal/history/oral_histories/OchoaEL/ochoael.htm

Image Credit: NASA/JSC

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