Ellen Ochoa, Biography & Facts

Ellen Ochoa, American astronaut and administrator who was the first Hispanic woman to travel into space (1993), working as a mission specialist aboard the space shuttle Discovery. She later served as director of the Johnson Space Center (2013–18). Learn more about Ochoa’s life and career.

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