¡Bienvenidos!/Welcome! This site was created to focus on the 13 (9 astronauts, 2 retired, 2 international space agencies) Hispanic men and women who have participated in the NASA Career Astronauts program and are members of the NASA astronaut corps. Their links have been compiled from NASA Johnson Space Center Astronauts web site and listed below to facilitate their quick reference. It is exciting and inspiring to see that the 2004 Astronaut class includes two Latinos. We hope you enjoy reading their biographies and some of the included Spanish interviews. You may also want to read the NASA Fact Sheet (1.5M pdf) about Hispanic American Space Explorers (November 2003). Also don't forget to visit the interesting links listed throughout this page or learn how you can one day become an astronaut too!

NASA Hispanic Astronauts

Joseph M. Acaba Candidate Astronaut Class 2004 Inglewood, California	Fernando (Frank) Caldeiro Mission Specialist Class 1996 Buenos Aires, Argentina Featured Spanish interview
Jose M. Hernandez Candidate Astronaut Class 2004 French Camp, California	Christopher "Gus" Loria NASA Astronaut Class 1996 Belmont, Massachusetts
Michael E. Lopez-Alegria Mission Specialist Class 1992 Madrid, Spain Featured Spanish interview	Carlos L. Noriega Mission Specialist Class 1995 Lima, Peru Featured Spanish interview
Ellen Ochoa NASA Astronaut Class 1990 Los Angeles, California NASA News Release: 03-207 Spanish interview (6/03)	John (Danny) Olivas Mission Specialist Class 1998 N. Hollywood, California
George D. Zamka NASA Astronaut (Pilot) Class 1998 Jersey City, New Jersey
	Greetings to YOU...Future Astronaut!

Former NASA Astronauts (Retired)

Sidney M. Gutierrez Former NASA Astronaut Class 1984 Albuquerque, New Mexico	Franklin R. Chang-Diaz FormerNASA Astronaut Class 1980 San Josè, Costa Rica Featured Spanish interview 7th Spaceflight Report

Other Hispanic Astronauts from International Space Agencies

Pedro Duque International Astronaut (ESA) Class 1996 Madrid, Spain Featured Spanish interview	Marcos C. Pontes International Astronaut Class 1998 Sao Paulo, Brazil

 

 

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