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Ochoa was an astronaut on numerous missions aboard Discovery. She served as mission specialist on STS-56 and payload commander on STS-66. She was also mission specialist and flight engineer on STS-96 and STS-110. Ellen joined the United States Astronaut Hall of Fame in 2017.

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Ellen Ochoa started her career as a doctoral student at Stanford, she was later a researcher at Sandia National Laboratories and the NASA Ames research center. In 1990, she was selected by NASA and in 1991 bacame an astronaut. As of 2007, she has served as Deputy DIrector at the Johnson Space Center. In 2013, she became the first first Hispanic and second female director of NASA's Johnson Space Center.

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Born May 10, 1958
La Mesa, California
Stanford University
NASA astronaut
Classical Flutist