Astronaut Ellen Ochoa, the San Diego State University graduate who became the first Latina to fly in space, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Biden during a ceremony at the ...

La Mesa native Ellen Ochoa receives the Presidental Medal of Freedom from President Joe Biden. Image via ABC La Mesa native Ellen Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman to travel in space, was one of 19 ...

The first Hispanic woman to launch into space is now the second female astronaut to be awarded the United States' highest honor. Ellen Ochoa, who later directed NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, ...

NASA astronaut Ellen Ochoa talks about her first of four flights to the International Space Station in front of a crowded room at the Champaign Public Library on Thursday, June 6, 2024. NASA astronaut ...

A former director of NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston and a Fort Worth activist who helped make Juneteenth a federally recognized holiday were among 19 individuals receiving the Presidential ...

For 30 years, Valerie Neal curated the human spaceflight artifact collections at the National Air and Space Museum. But after ...

HOUSTON — Veteran astronaut Ellen Ochoa has been named the next deputy director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Ochoa is a four-time space flier who has served as director of flight crew operations at ...

In celebration of Women’s History Month, Foley & Lardner hosted a firmwide virtual program on March 25 featuring Dr. Ellen Ochoa — the first Latina in space — who has charted an inspirational career ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Ellen Ochoa was a Director for the Johnson Space Center in NASA with four videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 1999 News Conference as a Mission ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NVIDIA (NVDA) today announced that it has named to its board of directors Ellen Ochoa, who was the former director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center ...

Fifth-graders fidget. It’s what they do. The 90 or so Ellen Ochoa Elementary School fifth-graders who sat on the school’s lobby floor weren’t any different Monday morning. At least at first. They ...