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__//**Life and education!**//__

 * He was raised by a poor family in Costa Rica. (Scholastic)
 * He studied really hard on science. (Scholastic)
 * Born April 5, 1950. (Scholastic (if you click the name)
 * Born in San José, Costa Rica. (Scholastic (if you click the name)
 * He moved to the United States when he was in High school.(Wikipedia)
 * By today he is 64 yrs. old. (Wikipedia)

__//Career!//__

 * In November 1967 he graduated from Colegio De La Salle in San José, Costa Rica. (Scholastic (if you click the name)
 * He graduate in Hartford, Connecticut. (Scholastic (if you click the name)
 * He had an outstanding Alumni Award of the University of Connecticut in 1980. (Scholastic (if you click the name)
 * He had 7 NASA Space Flight Medals in 1986, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2002. (Scholastic (if you click the name)
 * 2 medals came from NASA Distinguished Service Medals in 1995, 1997. (Scholastic (if you click the name)
 * The other 3 medals came from NASA Exceptional Service Medals in 1988, 1990, 1993. (Scholastic (if you click the name)
 * He has 6 brothers and sisters. (Wikipedia)
 * When he left NASA, he set up a company called Ad Astra Rocket Company. (Wikipedia)
 * He was in space for 66 days 18 hours 16 minutes. (Wikipedia)
 * Besides being a astronaut Franklin also became a Physicist. (Wikipedia)
 * Dr. Chang-Díaz retired from NASA in July 2005. (Fact Monster(search his name)
 * He got a doctorate in applied plasma physics from MIT in 1977. (Fact Monster(search his name)
 * He was the first Costa Rica astronaut in astronaut history. (Fact Monster(search his name)
 * When he was a little kid he been dreaming to be an astronaut. (Fact Monster(search his name)
 * He developed a plasma rocket. (Fact Monster(search his name)

//__**Awards and Honors!**__//
__**Spanish Essay**__ ==This essay I’m going to write is regarding a famous Astronaut named Franklin Chang-Diaz. His middle name is Ramon. (Franklin Chang-Diaz Scholastic). He was born on April 5th, 1950 in San Jose, Costa Rica. A poor family in Costa Rica raised him. He had 6 brothers and sisters. His elder daughters are Jean Elizabeth (born December 1973), and Sonia Rosa (born March 1978) who is a member of the Massachusetts Senate. (Franklin Chang-Diaz Wikipedia). He studied very hard on science. He married a woman named Peggy Marguerite Don-caster in 1984. Franklin's dad was a Chinese descendant named Roman Angel Chang Morales. His dad died in the Boxer rebellion. He enjoys music, glider planes, soccer, scuba diving, and hiking. (Franklin Chang-Diaz Scholastic)==
 * He was inducted into the NASA Astronaut Hall of Fame on May 5th, 2012. It took place in the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Comlex. (Wikipedia)
 * He had been decorated multiple times in Costa Rica. (Wikipedia)
 * He had been named Honor Citizen by the national legislature. (Wikipedia)
 * The Costa Rican National High Tech. Center or CeNAT, is named after him. (Wikipedia)

==When he was young his dream was to become a Costa Rican astronaut. He moved to the United States when he was in high school and became an American Citizen in 1977. When Franklin moved to his new high school he never knew how to speak English. He failed the 1st and 2nd quarters and unexpectedly the last two quarters he did so well he got a full scholarship to University of Connecticut. He got a Bachelor Science degree in mechanical engineering in 1973. Then he went on earn a Ph.D. in applied plasma physics and fusion technology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1977. (Franklin Chang- Diaz Goggle). Today he is 64 years old. (Franklin Chang-Diaz Wikipedia). In November 1967 he graduated from Colegio de Salle in San Jose, Costa Rica. He received an outstanding Alumni Award from the University of Connecticut in 1980. Franklin was the first Costa Rica astronaut in history, but he was the 3rd Latin American astronaut to go into space. He had 7 NASA Space Flight Medals in 1986, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2002. 2 medals came from NASA Distinguished Service Medals in 1995 and 1997. The other 3 medals came from NASA Exceptional Service Medals in 1988,1990, and 1993. (Franklin Chang-Diaz Scholastic).==

==He has seven space missions in which he holds the record with Jerry l Ross. He was in space for 66 days, 18 hours & 16 minutes. (Franklin Chang-Diaz Wikipedia). He was inducted into the NASA Astronaut Hall of Fame on May 5th, 2012. It took place in the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex. He had been decorated multiple times in Costa Rica. Franklin had been named Honor Citizen by the national legislature. The Costa Rican National High Technology Center or CeNAT is named after him. (Franklin Chang-Diaz Wikipedia).== ==Dr. Chang-Diaz retired from NASA in July 2005. Besides being an astronaut Franklin also became a Physicist too. He received a doctorate in Applied Plasma Physics from MIT in 1997. He got a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering. After a while, he a new company called Ad Astra Rocket Company in which he was President. With his company he developed a plasma rocket. (Franklin Chang-Diaz Fact Monster).==

==In 1990, he led a group of scientists in search of a plan for regional integration and collaboration in space technology projects in Latin America that resulted in the organization of the First Space Conference of The Americas, sponsored by The United Nations and held in Costa Rica. He was so well known that he was asked to be in a movie called Odyssey 2050 The Movie. (Franklin Chang-Diaz Wikipedia).==

==The movie was to encourage other people to get involved in environmental issues. After all that, a person named Buzz Adrian, in Chang’s understanding that he is his childhood hero. He is the person who Chang looked up to. He presented his awards to others in award ceremony. An author wrote a biography about his childhood memories called “ The First Years”. The book’s setting was in Venezuela and Costa Rica. (Franklin Chang-Diaz Biography).==

__//Work Cited!//__
"Astronaut Bio: Franklin Chang-Díaz (9/2012)." //Astronaut Bio: Franklin Chang-Díaz (9/2012) //. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 May 2014. .


 * I like this website it gives alot of information about his life, his education, and his career.

"Franklin Chang Díaz." //Biography of //. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 May 2014. <http://franklinchangdiaz.com/biography.html>.


 * I found this website on google and there is a biography about him. He actually made the website.

<span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">"Franklin Chang- Diaz." //<span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Fact Monster: Online Almanac, Dictionary, Encyclopedia, and Homework Help //<span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">. N.p., n.d. Web. 01 May 2014. <http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0922657.html>.


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<span style="background-color: #f2f2f2; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">"Franklin Chang- Diaz." Wikimedia Foundation, n.d. Web. 1 May 2014. <https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FFranklin_Chang_D%25C3%25ADaz>.


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