Space · astronaut
Ellen Ochoa
NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION
AMERICAN
RETIRED
Career
Time in space
40 d 19 h
Spacewalks
0
Flights
4
4 landings
Status
Retired
Nationality
AmericanBorn
10 May 1958First flight
08 Apr 1993Most recent flight
08 Apr 2002Type
GovernmentLinks
WikipediaBiography
Ellen Ochoa is an American engineer, former astronaut and the current Director of the Johnson Space Center. Ochoa became director of the center upon the retirement of the previous director, Michael Coats, on December 31, 2012. In 1993 Ochoa became the first Hispanic woman in the world to go to space when she served on a nine-day mission aboard the shuttle Discovery.
Flight log
Flights
| No. | Flight | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 04 | Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-110 | 08 Apr 2002 |
| 03 | Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-96 | 27 May 1999 |
| 02 | Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-66 | 03 Nov 1994 |
| 01 | Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-56 | 08 Apr 1993 |
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Source The Space Devs — Launch Library 2
Last checked 29 Sept 2026