HispanicNOTASICS16BEL

=**My Notas**=
 * 1) Notas from 4 sources with URL of each source
 * 2) Notas in own words
 * 3) Notas organized by source
 * 4) Each source is annotated

=__**Franklin Chang-Diaz**__=

http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/chang.html =**Notes:**=
 * Source 1:**
 * Former NASA astronaut
 * Born April 5, 1950 in San Jose, Costa Rica
 * Graduated from Colegio De La Salle in San José, Costa Rica, in November 1967 and from Hartford High School in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1969.
 * received a Bachelor of Science degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Connecticut in 1973 and a Doctorate in Applied Plasma Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1977.
 * He received the the University of Connecticut’s Outstanding Alumni Award (1980)
 * He also received seven NASA flight medals in the years 1986, 1989, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2002.
 * He also received two NASA Distinguished Service Medals


 * Source 2:**

http://www.britannica.com/biography/Franklin-Chang-Diaz =**Notes:**=
 * In 1967 Franklin Chang-Diaz's parents sent him from Costa Rica to live with relatives in Connecticut.
 * In 1980 he was selected to participate in the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) astronaut program.
 * His first mission was aboard the space shuttle Columbia in January 1986.
 * Franklin Chang-Diaz's other shuttle flights included the Atlantis mission in October 1989, which deployed the Galileo spacecraft that explored Jupiter, and the June 2002 flight of Endeavour, during which he participated in three space walks to help repair the robotic arm of the International Space Station.
 * Chang-Díaz was a visiting scientist (1983–93) at MIT, there he lead a project that developed plasma propulsion for use in human flights to Mars.

http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3433800026.html =**Notes:**=
 * Source 3:**
 * His father, Ramon Chang was an oil worker whose own father had escaped China during the Boxer Rebellion.
 * Franklin Chang-Diaz was not only hispanic, he was also part Chinese.
 * Chang-Díaz's research on plasma rocket engines could lead to technology that would significantly reduce the amount of time required to travel from Earth to Mars.
 * After earning his Ph.D. in applied plasma physics, Franklin Chang- Diaz joined the Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, where he continued research on fusion reactor technology.
 * Chang-D í az's research on plasma rocket engines could lead to technology that would significantly reduce the amount of time required to travel from Earth to Mars.

http://www.thefamouspeople.com/profiles/franklin-chang-daz-5648.php =**Notes:**=
 * Source 4:**
 * He was the first Costa Rican Hispanic astronaut to go to space
 * he was a dual citizen of Costa Rica and America
 * The First Years' is the first of three books in an autobiographical trilogy he is writing. This first part explores his years as a child in Costa Rica.