Ellen Ochoa
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| Country: | United States |
| Organization: | NASA |
| selected on | Jan 17, 1990 ( 13th NASA Group ) |
| Calls: | 4 space flights |
| Start of the first space flight: |
April 8, 1993 |
| Landing of the last space flight: |
April 19, 2002 |
| Time in space: | 40d 19h 37min |
| retired on | January 2003 |
| Space flights | |
Ellen Lauri Ochoa (born May 10, 1958 in Los Angeles , state of California , USA ) is a former American astronaut . Ochoa received a bachelor's degree in physics from San Diego State University in 1980 and a master's degree in 1981 and a doctorate in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 1985 . Ochoa spent several years in research at Sandia National Laboratories and NASA's Ames Research Center .
Astronaut activity
Ochoa was selected as an astronaut candidate in January 1990. After completing her training as a mission specialist, she worked in various fields at the Johnson Space Center .
STS-56
On April 8, 1993, Ochoa took off on the space shuttle Discovery for its first flight into space . The nine-day mission called ATLAS-2 (Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science) explored the interrelationships between the sun and the earth's atmosphere. Ochoa operated the shuttle's robotic arm to deploy and recapture the SPARTAN satellite that was studying the solar corona.
STS-66
Ochoa was the payload commander on her next mission on the space shuttle Atlantis . In November 1994, the ATLAS 3 mission continued the series of Spacelab flights to research solar radiation and the earth's climate. Ochoa deployed the CRISTA-SPAS satellite with the shuttle robot arm and caught it again after eight days of free flight.
STS-96
On May 27, 1999, Ochoa flew with the Discovery to the International Space Station (ISS). In preparation for the first crew of the ISS, four tons of supplies and components were brought to the space station. On the ten day mission Ochoa coordinated the loading of goods and also operated the robot arm during the eight-hour spacewalk .
STS-110
Ochoa made her next visit to the ISS on April 8, 2002 with the space shuttle Atlantis. The mission task was to bring the grid element S0 to the International Space Station (ISS) and assemble it. In addition, the Mobile Transporter, which is part of the Mobile Servicing System , was brought to the ISS. Four were spacewalks performed in which Ochoa the ISS robotic arm operated to move around the grid element and her colleagues in space.
Manager at NASA
From December 2002, Ellen Ochoa was Deputy Head of Flight Crew Operations. In October 2006 she was promoted to head of this department and was therefore responsible for the crew division of the shuttle flights. In October 2007, following the STS-120 mission , Ellen Ochoa succeeded Bob Cabana as deputy director of the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center in Houston. After the previous director, Michael Lloyd Coats , retired in late 2012, Ochoa became the first woman to take over the helm of the space center.
In 2020 Ochoa was elected to the National Academy of Engineering .
Private
Ellen Ochoa is married and has two children. Her hobbies are music (classical flute), volleyball and cycling.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Johnson Space Center Director Dr. Ellen Ochoa. NASA, January 1, 2013, accessed January 9, 2013 .
See also
- List of spacemen
- List of space shuttle missions
- List of manned space flights
- List of manned missions to the International Space Station
Web links
- Short biography of Ellen Ochoa at spacefacts.de
- NASA biography of Ellen Ochoa (English; PDF)
- Biography of Ellen Ochoa in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Ochoa, Ellen |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ochoa, Ellen Lauri |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American astronaut |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 10, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Los Angeles , California |