About Ellen Ochoa
Ellen Ochoa is an American engineer, former astronaut and former director of the Johnson Space Center. In 1993, Ochoa became the first Latina to go to space when she served on a nine-day mission aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. Ochoa became director of the center upon the retirement of the previous director, Michael Coats, on December 31, 2012. She was the first Latina director and the second female director of Johnson Space Center.
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Awards & Honors
Presidential Medal of Freedom
United States Astronaut Hall of Fame
NASA Distinguished Service Medal
NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal
NASA Space Flight Medal
California Hall of Fame
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
NASA Exceptional Service Medal
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Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
