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STS-91. STS-111. Mission insignia. Franklin Ramón Chang-Díaz (born April 5, 1950, San José, Costa Rica) [1] is an American mechanical engineer, physicist and former NASA astronaut. He is the sole founder and CEO of Ad Astra Rocket Company [2] as well as a member of Cummins ' board of directors. [3] He became an American citizen in 1977.
STS-61-C was the 24th mission of NASA 's Space Shuttle program, and the seventh mission of Space Shuttle Columbia. It was the first time that Columbia, the first space-rated Space Shuttle orbiter to be constructed, had flown since STS-9. The mission launched from Florida 's Kennedy Space Center on January 12, 1986, and landed six days later on ...
Ellen Ochoa (born May 10, 1958) is an American engineer, former astronaut and former director of the Johnson Space Center. [1] In 1993, Ochoa became the first Latina woman to go to space when she served on a nine-day mission aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. [2] Ochoa became director of the center upon the retirement of the previous director ...
The company was incorporated on January 14, 2005. The President and CEO of Ad Astra Rocket Company is retired astronaut Franklin Chang Díaz. The company has been working on Chang Díaz's concept of the Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket, known by its acronym VASIMR. The VASIMR is intended to achieve several advantages over current ...
Franklin Chang-Diaz April 5, 1950 United States ( Costa Rica) First Costa Rican astronaut STS-61-C (January 12, 1986) STS-34 (October 18, 1989) STS-46 (July 31, 1992) STS-60 (February 3, 1994) STS-75 (February 22, 1996) STS-91 (June 2, 1998) STS-111 (June 5, 2002) 4 Sidney M. Gutierrez June 27, 1951 United States ( Mexico) First U.S.-born ...
Odyssey 2050. Odyssey 2050 is a multimedia film project created by Canadian teacher/musician Bruce Callow that incorporates digital animation as well as documentary and live action sequences with the aim of motivating young people from around the world into taking constructive action on climate change. Odyssey 2050 is a registered NGO and the ...
Kathryn Dwyer Sullivan (born October 3, 1951) is an American geologist, oceanographer, and former NASA astronaut and US Navy officer. She was a crew member on three Space Shuttle missions. A graduate of University of California, Santa Cruz, in the United States, and Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia, Canada—where she earned a Doctor of ...
Franklin R. Chang-Diaz Philippe Perrin: 9 June 2002 15:27 9 June 2002 22:41 7 h, 14 min Attached Power and Data Grapple Fixture to P6 Truss: 40. STS-111 EVA 2: Franklin R. Chang-Diaz Philippe Perrin: 11 June 2002 15:20 11 June 2002 20:20: 5 h, 00 min Attached Mobile Base System to Mobile Transporter: 41. STS-111 EVA 3: Franklin R. Chang-Diaz ...