Ellen Ochoa, Director of the Johnson Space Center & First Hispanice Woman in Space
- Episode aired Oct 13, 2014
Ellen Ochoa became the first Hispanic woman to go into space when she served on a mission aboard the shuttle Discovery in 1993. After graduating with a Master's of Science degree and doctora... Read allEllen Ochoa became the first Hispanic woman to go into space when she served on a mission aboard the shuttle Discovery in 1993. After graduating with a Master's of Science degree and doctorate in electrical engineering from Stanford, Ochoa became an astronaut in July 1991. Since ... Read allEllen Ochoa became the first Hispanic woman to go into space when she served on a mission aboard the shuttle Discovery in 1993. After graduating with a Master's of Science degree and doctorate in electrical engineering from Stanford, Ochoa became an astronaut in July 1991. Since then, she has served on four space flights, logging nearly 1,000 hours in space. In 2007, ... Read all