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Many Hispanic-Americans had many troubles in the United States of America. Some go through the troubles and become greats. One of these is Franklin Chang Díaz. He was born on April 5, 1960 in San Jose, Costa Rica. His dream was to become an astronaut. He attended elementary school at Father Juan de Barnuevo in San Jose. As a child in San Jose, Costa Rica, Franklin Chang Díaz used to play inside an empty packing crate, pretending that it was a spaceship on its way to a distant star. Now that was what he did as a child in Costa Rica (Discovery History Makers-1950-Present.). He soon talked of his dream to be an astronaut. He then soon sent a message to rocket scientist Wernher Von Braun. He replied telling him to go to America and study. He is starting the dream of his to be an astronaut, and is almost there to be the first Hispanic-American in space.

He then accepted the idea and headed off. Then went off with 50$ in his pocket and a plane ticket (A DREAMER IN SPACE). Franklin enrolled in public high school in Hartford. He almost dropped out but the more English he knew the higher the grades went. By graduation he had won a scholarship to the University of Connecticut. Now his dream to be an astronaut was in progress. He worked really hard to become an astronaut. It took a lot of work but he got through it and received a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Connecticut in 1973 and a Doctorate in Applied Plasma Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1977. Then after that he was elected as a candidate to NASA. Now his life long dream of being an astronaut is in progress to be the first Hispanic-American in space.

It took a lot of work but of course he got through this. While attending the University of Connecticut, he also worked as a research assistant in the Physics Department and participated in the design and construction of high-energy atomic collision experiments. Following his at Connecticut graduation in 1973, he entered graduate school at MIT, becoming heavily involved in the United States’ controlled fusion program and doing intensive research in the design and operation of fusion reactors. He obtained his Doctorate in the field of Applied Plasma Physics and fusion technology and, in that same year, joined the technical staff of the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory. His work at Draper was geared strongly toward the design and integration of control systems for fusion reactor concepts and experimental devices in both inertial and magnetic confinement fusion. In 1979, he developed a novel concept to guide and target fuel pellets in an inertial fusion reactor chamber. Later on, he was engaged in the design of a new concept in rocket propulsion, based on magnetically confined high temperature plasma. As a visiting scientist with the MIT Plasma Fusion Center, from October 1983 to December 1993, he led the plasma propulsion program there to develop this technology for future human missions to Mars. It took lots of work to be an astronaut but he continues through this to complete his dream (Astronaut Bio).

Selected by NASA in May 1980, Dr. Chang-Díaz became an astronaut in August 1981. While undergoing astronaut training, he was also involved in flight software checkout at the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory and participated in the early space station design studies. In late 1982, he was designated as support crew for the first Space lab mission and, in November 1983, served as in-orbit Capsule Communicator during that flight. From October 1984 to August 1985, he was leader of the astronaut support team at Kennedy Space Center, Florida. His duties included astronaut support during the processing of the various vehicles and payloads as well as flight crew support during the final phases of the launch countdown. He has logged more than 1,800 hours of flight time, including 1,500 hours in jet aircraft. Dr. Chang-Díaz was implementing closer ties between the astronaut corps and the scientific community. In January 1987, he started the Astronaut Science Colloquium Program and later helped form the Astronaut Science Support Group, which he directed until January 1989 Astronaunt Bio). He is now a qualified astronaut and his dream is completed. He is still alive today at 66 years old. He is a veteran of six space missions and has spent nearly 1,300 hours in space. He then also became an honorary citizen in Costa Rica (Franklin Chang Díaz). He was at the bottom and came to the top. Like him many Hispanics coming into the United States did as well as he did. He became a big inspiration to other Hispanics coming into to the US with troubles like him.

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 "Astronaut Bio: Franklin Chang-Díaz (9/2012)." Astronaut Bio: Franklin Chang-Díaz(9/2012). Nasa, n.d. Web. 22 Apr. 2016. <[]>.
 * This was a link from "Discovery History Makers-1950-Present." recommended by the teacher.

 Browne, Malcolm W. "A DREAMER IN SPACE." //The New York Times//. The New York Times, 12 Jan. 1986. Web. 25 Apr. 2016. .
 * Found it as a link on the Wikipedia where it got its information from.

 "Discovery History Makers-1950-Present." //Discovery History Makers-1950-Present//. Scholastic Web. 25 Apr. 2016. .
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 "Franklin Chang Díaz." //Wikipedia//. Wikimedia Foundation, Inc, 6 Apr. 2016. Web. 22 Apr. 2016. .
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