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 * **Latinos in History **
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 *  Ellen Ochoa ** ||


 * She is an astronaut (Scholastic)
 * Born May 10 1959 (Scholastic)
 * Born in Los Angeles, California (Wikipedia))
 * Ellen received a bachelor of science degree in physics (Wikipedia)
 * She received a Master of science degree and doctorate in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 1989 and 1985. (Wikipedia)
 * Her parents got divorced when she was in high school .(Wikipedia)
 * Ellen lived with her mother. (Wikipedia)
 * Ellen had three brothers and one sister. (Wikipedia)
 * She is married to Coe Fulmer Miles. (Wikipedia)
 * Ellen has two children. (Wikipedia)
 * Ellen Ochoa was the first Hispanic woman to go to space.(Wikipedia)
 * Ellen was selected by NASA in January 1990 . (Wikipedia)
 * She became an astronaut in 1991.(Wikipedia)
 * She was a mission specialist on STS-56 in 1993.(Wikipedia)
 * She was in a mission control during the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster and was one of the first personnel informed of television coverage showing Columbia's disintegration. (Wikipedia)
 * Her moms name was Rosanne Ochoa.(Scholastic)
 * She enjoys playing volley ball and bicycling. (Scholastic)
 * She also is a classical flutist. (Scholastic)
 * She has logged more than 900 hours in space on four flights, the last flight was in 2002. (FactMonster)
 * Doctor Ochoa's many awards include NASA'S Exceptional Service Medal In 1997.(FactMonster)
 * She also received an outstanding Leadership Medal in 1995. (FactMonster)
 * Ellen Ochoa has logged nearly for 1,000 hours in space. (Wikipedia)
 * Since 2007,She has served as deputy directer of the Johnson Space Center.(Wikipedia)
 * The mission STS-56 was her first flight into space and her first mission.
 * After her PhD she continued her work in optics as a research engineer at the Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico.(IEE)
 * She won four space flight Medals.(Schloastic)
 * The first, an extension of her doctoral work, inspected objects for defeats. (IEE)
 * The second used optical technology to identify objects, and the third system minimized image distortion. (IEE)


 * Essay**


 * Ellen Ochoa**

Ellen Ochoa was the first Hispanic to go to space. (Wikipedia). Ellen Ochoa was born on May 10 1959 in Los Angeles, California. (Wikipedia). Her parents got divorced when she was in high school. (Wikipedia). She lived with her mom, three brothers, and one sister. (Wikipedia). Her moms name was Rosanne Ochoa. (Scholastic). At her school her favorite subject was Science and Math. (Wikipedia) Later, she graduated from High School in 1975. (Scholastic). Her High School was called Grossmont High School(Scholastic). Her High School was located in La Mesa, California. (Scholastic).Ellen Ochoa played volleyball and bicycling.(Scholastic) She was a classical flutist. (Scholastic). When she was older she went to Stanford University. (Wikipedia). She received a Master of science degree and doctorate in electrical engineering from Stanford University. (Wikipedia). She also received a bachelor degree in physics. (Wikipedia).

Ellen Ochoa was Selected by NASA in January 1980. (Wikipedia). The year after she became a astronaut in 1991. (Wikipedia). When she became an astronaut she was a mission specialist and had to go on a lot of different missions, for example, one of the missions that she had to go in was the STS-56 in 1991. (Wikipedia). The STS-56 was here first flight into space and it took 9 days, 6 hours.(IEE). She went on other missions which were the STS-66 and it took 10 days and 22 hours. STS-96 took 9 days and 19 hours. STS-110 it took 10 days and 19 hours. Ellen Ochoa was in a mission control during the Space Shuttle Columbia's disaster. (Wikipedia). She was one of the first personnel informed of television coverage showing Columbia's disintegration. (Wikipedia). Ellen Ochoa logged more than 900 hours on four flight and the last one was in 2002. (FactMonster). She has logged nearly 1,000 hours in space. (Wikipedia).

She received many awards. (FactMonster). One of the awards was NASA'S Exceptional Service Medal in 1997. (FactMonster). She got an outstanding Leadership Medal in 1995. (Factmonster). She also got four Space Medals.(Scholastic).All total of award that she got was seven. (IEE) The other ones that she got was the Outstanding Achievment Award, The Hispanic Engineer Albert Baez Ward, and the Hispanic Leadership Award. (IEE). Ellen Ochoa got married with Coe Fulmer and had two children. (Wikipedia). Since 2007, she has served in the Johnson Space center. (Wikipedia). After her PhD she continued her work on optics as a research engineer at the Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico.(IEE). The fist extension of her doctoral work, inspected objects for defeats. The second she used technology to identify objects. The third was to minimize the image distortion. (IEE). Ellen Ochoa led a research group of 35 scientist at the Intelligent System Technology Branch at the NASA'S Ames research division, in her home state of California, were she grew up. In November 1994 she came back to space on a mission on STS-66 as Payload Commander.

Ellen Ochoa was recognized during the Hispanic Heritage Month activities on Cleveland, Ohio on September 14, 2014. When Ellen Ochoa went to those space missions, she didn't go alone, she went with a NASA group. The group was not that big. It was only about 7 or 9 people. When she was choosing what University to go to her mom gave her some ideas, but Ellen Ochoa wanted to go to Stanford University. In 1993 Ellen Ochoa was on her ninth mission to space, the astronauts were studying the Earth's ozone layer. The ozone layer filters ultraviolet rays from sunlight and prevents too many of them reaching the Earth, which would be harmful to the environment and to human health. Much of her recent work has International Space Station projects. She oversaw the participation in the project for two years. Ellen Ochoa continues to conduct research for NASA, and traveled the country speaking to a variety of group and most of them are students.

Ellen Ochoa was a very smart woman and chose the right thing to be included in the NASA. She did a lot to get in. She won awards that showed how hard she worked.


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"Astronaut Bio: Ellen Ochoa (3/2014)." //Astronaut Bio: Ellen Ochoa (3/2014) //. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 May 2014. .
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"Ellen Ochoa ." //Discovery History Makers-1950-Present //. N.p., 21 Apr. 2014. Web. 01 May 2014.

http://teach.scholastic.com/activities/hispanic/history3.htm


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"Ellen Ochoa." //- GHN: IEEE Global History Network //<span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 May 2014.

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