First Latina in Space Ellen Ochoa to Be Inducted into the Astronaut Hall of Fame

Style Magazine Newswire | 3/3/2017, 12:13 p.m.
The first-ever Latina in space will be inducted into the Astronaut Hall of Fame in May. The mexicana joined NASA …
Ellen Ochoa

Source: Latina.com

The first-ever Latina in space will be inducted into the Astronaut Hall of Fame in May. The mexicana joined NASA as a research engineer at Ames Research Center in 1988. By 1990, she moved onto the Johnson Space Center, where she was selected as an astronaut and made her historic trip to space in 1993. But her barrier breaking doesn’t stop there. Ochoa is currently the director of the Johnson Space Center in Houston, the second woman and first Latina to lead its 13,000 employees. With a track record like that, it's no wonder that Ochoa has garnered several accolades.

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