Ellen Ochoa
埃伦·奥乔亚
First Hispanic Woman in Space
Biography
Ellen Ochoa became the first Hispanic woman to travel to space when she flew aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1993. She completed four Space Shuttle missions, logging nearly 1,000 hours in orbit, and co-invented three optical systems that were patented by NASA. In 2013, she was appointed Director of NASA's Johnson Space Center, becoming the second woman to hold that position, serving until 2018. She was inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame in 2017.
埃伦·奥乔亚于1993年搭乘发现号航天飞机，成为第一位进入太空的西班牙裔女性。她完成了四次航天飞机任务，在轨飞行近1000小时，并共同发明了三项由NASA申请专利的光学系统。2013年她被任命为NASA约翰逊航天中心主任，成为第二位担任该职务的女性，任期至2018年。2017年她入选美国宇航员名人堂。
Key Achievements
First Hispanic woman to go to space (1993)
第一位进入太空的西班牙裔女性（1993年）
Co-inventor of three NASA-patented optical systems
三项NASA专利光学系统的共同发明者
Director of NASA's Johnson Space Center (2013–2018)
NASA约翰逊航天中心主任（2013–2018年）
References & Citations
- Wikipedia: Ellen Ochoa — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellen_Ochoa
- NASA Biography: Ellen Ochoa — https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/ellen-ochoa
