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Nationality: american retired birthday: april 5 1950 birth place: san jose, costa rica physicist time in space: 66 gays, 18 hours, 16 minutes with: NASA 1980

Franklin Chang Díaz was put into the NASA astronaut hall of fame on May 5, 2012 in a ceremony that took place in the Kennedy space center. Also, due to his career and scientific success, he has been decorated multiple times in [|c] osta rica and named Honor Citizen by the national legislator.

founder and President of Ad Astra Rocket Company, an advanced rocket technology company in North America, with operations in Webster, Texas and Guanacaste, Costa Rica. In July of 2005 he concluded a successful 25 year career as a NASA astronaut, achieving a world record of seven space flights.

He graduated i n 1977 with a PhD in plasma physics from MIT. He is married to Dr. Peggy Marguerite Stafford of Alexandria, Louisiana and has four daughters. He enjoys music, flying and diving. His mother, brothers and sisters live in Costa Rica.

Which of Dr. Chang-Díaz's hobbies would help prepare him for space travel? Underwater diving. The feeling of weightlessness one experiences under water simulates the weightlessness of space.





 Jelissa Isabel Lima 4/16/2014

 Incarnation Catholic School 8A  Franklin Chang Diaz was an astronaut. He is Puerto Rican, Asian, and Dominican. He is famous for the most flies into space. He has had seven missions in total. A fun fact would be that a news reporter asked him what helped him train the most for the flights, and he said underwater diving. The feeling of weightlessness one experiences under water is similar to the weightlessness of space.(  //Wikipedia//  . N.p.,    )

Franklin was born on April 5th, 1950. He was born in San Jose, Costa Rica. He is a physicist, and has been with NASA seance 1980. His first flight into space took sixty six days, eighteen hours, and sixteen minutes. Franklin is graduated with a PhD in plasma physics from MIT. Currently Franklin is retired and not planning another trip to space. However he owns his own business and is very wealthy. In this essay I will tell you about Franklin Chang-Diaz's life and how he struggled and his outcome of his success.(** //Biography of// **** . Franklin Chang Díaz,  **)

 Franklin Chang-Diaz is founder and president of Ad Astra Rocket Company. This company is an advanced rocket technology company in North America. It is operations is in Webster, Texas and Guanacaste, Costa Rica. In July of 2005 he finished a successful twenty five year career as a NASA astronaut, also breaking a world record of seven space flights.Franklin Chang Díaz was put into the NASA astronaut hall of fame on May 5, 2012. The ceremony took place in the Kennedy space center. Also for his scientific success he has been honored multiple times in Costa Rica,and named Honor Citizen by the national legislator.( ** //Biography of// **** . Franklin Chang Díaz,  ** )

 Franklin Chang-Diaz worked very hard to achieve his dreams. When Franklin first arrived to the United States he only had fifty dollars in his possession. He convinced Hartford to let him enroll as a senior with full honor classes. In fact he failed his first two quarters. Don’t worry this is light under the tunnel for Franklin. He passed third and fourth quarter with such high grades he received a a scholar ship to the University of Connecticut. Dr. Chang-Díaz became an astronaut in 1981. He has achieved over one thousand six hundred hours in space. That’s not including nineteen hours and thirty one minutes in three space walks. From October 1984 to August 1985, he was leader of the astronaut support team at the Kennedy Space Center. While going through training, he became involved in a flight software checkout at the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory. He also played a big role in the design and development of the International Space Station.( ** //Encyclopedia Britannica Online// **** .  ** )

<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"> In conclusion Franklin Chang-Diaz is an amazing astronaut. Also should be an inspiration for all. He should inspire all for what he did. Franklin came from fifty dollars, and failing grades. He did change his life around and got strait A's, a scholar ship to a University. Also broke a world record for most time in space, and the most trips to space. If you ask me, that is a miracle. Franklin is still a very successful person, owning his own company for NASA and founder for it. He is now a millionaire and mind you he started from fifty dollars. Franklin was the first Latin-American to go into space. The Latin-American, Franklin is currently designing a plasma-based rocket engine that he believes will make space travel possible. Putting our entire solar system at our pleasure. I am truly inspired by his work and all he has done for society today.( ** <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">//Encyclopedia Britannica Online// **** <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">.  ** )
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<span style="font-family: Times New Roman,serif;"><span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">"Franklin Chang-Diaz." <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">//Wikipedia// <span style="font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif;">. N.p., 01 May 2014. Web. 02 May 2014. <http%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FFranklin_Chang_D%25C3%25ADaz>.