Blog #2

The famous Hispanic I chose was Ellen Ochoa, and she was the first female Hispanic astronaut. She won the NASA's Exceptional Service Medal in 1997 along with the Outstanding Leadership Medal. She was born in Los Angeles, California in 1958 and is a mission specialist and a flight engineer. She attended San Diego State University and also received her master's degree from Stanford University. When she became the first Hispanic female to go into space, she was a part of the Discovery Shuttle in 1993, and their mission was to study the Earth's ozone layer.
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