Latinos+in+History+Essay

Latinos or the people who live in Latin America has done amazing achievements though other countries. There have been many accounts where Latinos have done many things for the achievements and goals of science. There have been many Hispanic astronauts or people who have been involved in the space program and I think they have had a part of fame for themselves as being the first to do something. There are 3 Latino Astronauts that I would like to recognize because of their achievements and skills. Ellen Ochoa, Rodolfo Neri Vela, and Franklin R. Chang Diaz are famous Latino astronauts that have impacted the Latino would because of their success and achievements in the scientific world.

Ellen Ochoa is the first scientifically famous Latino that I would like to recognize. Ellen Ochoa was born on 1958 in Los Angles, California. She is married to Coe Fulmer Miles of Mallla, Oregon and has 2 children. She graduated from Grossmont High School, La Mesa California in 1974. She also received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Physics from San Diego State University in 1980, and a Master of Science Degree and Doctorate in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University in 1981 and 1985. ON 1990, Ellen Ochoa was selected by NASA and 1991, became the world's first Hispanic female astronaut. She is a veteran of 4 space flights and logged more than 978 hours in space. She also served as the assistant for Space Station to the Chief of the Astronaut Office lead spacecraft communicator in Mission Control and Acting Deputy Chief of the Astronaut Office. A quote from Ellen Ochoa is " I'll tell you, being involved in human space flight, it is an emotional endeavor, I think it brings in the highest highs and the lowest lows."

Another famous Hispanic Astronaut who dedicated himself to science is Rodolfo Neri Vela. Rodolfo Neri Vela was born of February 19, 1952 in Chilpancingo de los Bravo, Guerrero, Mexico. He was the First Mexican Scientist and Astronaut who flew aboard a NASA Space Shuttle mission in the year 1985, He was also the only Mexican and the second Latin American to have traveled to Space. Before he joined NASA in 1985, he worked as a professor for the Telecommunications Department in the Electrical Engineering division of the Engineering Faculty at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He has also Received a Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical and electrical engineering in 1975 and received a masters degree in science and specialized on telecommunications systems in 1976 from the University of Essex, England. When he came back to Mexico from England, he has worked at the Institute of Electrical Research in the Telecommunications Group,doing research and systems planning on antenna theory and design, satellite communications systems and Earth Station technology. In NASA he has logged 165 hours in space and traveled 2.4 million miles in 108 Earth Orbits.

The last famous Hispanic astronaut I want to recognize is Franklin Chang Diaz. Franklin Chang Diaz was born on April 5, 1950 in San Jose in Costa Rica. He lived in Costa Rica to the late Mr. Ramon A, Chang Morales and Mrs. Maria Eugenia Diaz de Chang. He was married to the former Peggy Margueite Doncaster of Alexandria, Louisiana and had 4 children. He graduated from Colegio De La Salle in San Jose in November 1967 and he moved to the U.S. and late studied at the University of Connecticut and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Then NASA selected him to participate in their astronaut program in 1980. Franklin Chang Diaz became an astronaut in 1981 and in 1986, he made his first mission aboard the //Galileo//. Other missions that he has done was in 2002, he repaired the International Space Station and retied in 2005. He was most famous for being the First Hispanic in the world to enter the space program. He was a veteran of 6 space flights and logged 1600 hours in space. Franklin Chang Diaz says "My vision is a future for humanity where we will be completely free to pursue activities outside of our planet.”

These remarkable Hispanic people have been firsts for many things and they have made an impact on the Latino world. They have become the first Latino who has been in a space program, the first woman Hispanic to go space, and the first Mexican to go to space. These people have changed the way how Latinos look at space travel. I would think that these people have cleared and the made the path open for other people who would want to follow in their footsteps. I believe that these people had a great deal to do with space travel, but more importantly, science.

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