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 * * Franklin Chang-Diaz was born on April 5,1950 (Fact monster)
 * Franklin was born in San Jose,Costa Rica (Fact Monster)
 * Franklin moved to the United States to finish his high school educating (fact Monster)
 * Franklin's dad was a Chinese decendent his name was Roman Angel Chang Morales(Wikipedia)
 * His dad died in the Boxer rebellion(Wikipedia)
 * Franklin had six siblings(Wikipedia)
 * He got married in to Peggy #|Marguerite Doncaster in 1
 * 1) 984 (Wikipedia)
 * He has seven space missions with he holds the record with Jerry l Ross.(Wikipedia)
 * He is the third Latin american to go in space (Wikipedia)
 * He got a #|Bachelor of science in mechanical engineering (Wikipedia)
 * He got the Alumni Award 1980 (Scholastic)
 * He got seven flight medals in 1986,1989,1992,1994,1996,1998,2002 (Scholastic)
 * He retired from NASA in 2005
 * He enjoys music, glider planes, soccer, scuba diving, and hiking.(Scholastic)
 * he also got medals for NASA Exceptional(Scholastic)
 * the collage he graduated from was colegio de la salle in San Jose,Costa Rica.(Scholastic)
 * Franklin chang diaz spent 66 days 18 hours and 16 minutes in space.(wikipedia)
 * Franklin was also in a movie called Odyssey 2050.(Wikipedia)
 * He was raised from a poor family (Fact Monster)
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John W Coulman IV

**__ Franklin Chang-Diaz __**

**__ Astronaut __**

Franklin Chang Diaz was a Chinese and Hispanic astronaut who made a difference in the world of science and technology. Franklin Chang Diaz was born on April 5, 1950 in San Jose Costa Rica. (Franklin Chang Diaz Factmonster.com) His father was of Chinese descent and his mother was Costa Rican. His lifelong dream was to become an astronaut. When he moved to the United States of America from Costa Rica he came to get the rest of his high school education. Then after moving to the United States, he moved back to Costa Rica to go to a college called Colegic de LaSalle in San Jose, Costa Rica. Then he went to the University of Connecticut. Then in 1973 he joined the school called MIT. He went to MIT to learn how to design fusion reactors. He got married in 1984 to Peggy Marguerite. They had four children together. (Franklin Chang Diaz Wikipedia.org)

Then in 1980 Franklin Chang Diaz was handpicked by NASA to become an astronaut. He started astronaut training the next year. While working for NASA Franklin Chang Diaz worked on flight software, checkout, and helped with early space station design studies. He directed the advanced space propulsion laboratory at the Johnson Space Center. Franklin Chang Diaz also performed 3 spacewalks to help construct the International Space Station. (Franklin Chang Diaz Wikipedia.org)

His first trip to space was on the Columbia space shuttle in January 1986. It took off from Kennedy Space Center. It was a six day flight and they deployed the SATCOM KU Satellite. They landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California. His next trip was on the space shuttle Atlantis in October 1989. They successfully launched Galileo space craft to explore Jupiter, which is still out in space. They also did research about the ozone, radiation and lightening. His third trip to space was also on Atlantis on July 1992. This was the first ever time they did a test flight with the Tethered Satellite System. In February 1994 he took off again from Kennedy Space Center. This was the first joined United States and Russian space mission with a Russian Cosmonaut. His fifth flight was in February 1996. They studied Microgravity for improvement of medicines, metal alloys and semiconductors. His sixth mission was on the Discovery space shuttle in June 1998. It was the last shuttle for the MIR docking mission. The crew included a Russian Cosmonaut onboard. The mission was delayed for days because they needed to resupply. His seventh and last mission was June 5th to June 9th 2002. They first delivered a new member to International Space Station. Then they had to fix the Canadian’s bases robotic arm. Mr. Diaz took three space walks to help fix the robotic arm. At the end of the mission there was bad weather in Florida, so they landed in California. Only two people have been to space seven times and Franklin Chang Diaz is one of them. (Franklin Chang Diaz www.jcs.nasa.gov)

Franklin Chang Diaz retired from NASA in 2005. He continued to make a difference in the world of science and technology by founding The Ad Astra Rocket Company. He worked on an electrical propulsion device that would theoretically make it possible to get a manned rocket to Mars in 39 days. Franklin Chang Diaz is also very active in protecting the environment and climate change. He was in a movie called Odyssey 2050 The Movie. He encourages young people to care about the environment. (Franklin Chang Diaz Wikipedia.org)

Franklin Chang Diaz has received many honors; He was inducted into the NASA Astronaut Hall Of Fame in May of 2012. He was also named Honor Citizen by the national legislation in Costa Rica. They even named the Costa Rican National High Technology Center after him. His most recent award was this year, 2014. Buzz Aldrin Franklin Chang Diaz’s childhood hero, present the Buzz Aldrin Quadrennial Space Award. (Franklin Chang Diaz Wikipedia.org)


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"Astronaut Bio: Franklin Chang-Díaz (9/2012)." Astronaut Bio: Franklin Chang-Díaz (9/2012). //NASA//, Sept. 2012. Web. 01 May 2014. .


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