¡Bienvenidos!/Welcome! This site was created to focus on the 14 Hispanic men and women who have participated in the NASA Career Astronauts program and are members of the NASA astronaut corps. Their links have been compiled from NASA Johnson Space Center Astronauts web site and listed below to facilitate their quick reference. We hope you enjoy reading their biographies and some of the included Spanish interviews. You may also want to read the NASA Fact Sheet about Hispanic American Space Explorers (November 2003). Also don't forget to visit the interesting links listed throughout this page or learn how you can one day become an astronaut too!

NASA Hispanic Astronauts

Joseph M. Acaba NASA Astronaut Class 2004 Inglewood, California	Serena Auñón, Ph.D NASA Astronaut Class 2009 Indianapolis, Indiana
Ellen Ochoa NASA Astronaut Class 1990 Los Angeles, California NASA News Release: 03-207 Spanish interview (6/03)	George D. Zamka NASA Astronaut (Pilot) Class 1998 Jersey City, New Jersey
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Former NASA Astronauts (Retired / Deceased / Civilian)

Fernando (Frank) Caldeiro (DECEASED 2009) Mission Specialist Class 1996 Buenos Aires, Argentina	Franklin R. Chang-Diaz Former NASA Astronaut Class 1980 San Jos�, Costa Rica
Sidney M. Gutierrez Former NASA Astronaut Class 1984 Albuquerque, New Mexico	Jose M. Hernandez NASA Astronaut Class 2004 French Camp, California
Michael E. Lopez-Alegria Mission Specialist Class 1992 Madrid, Spain Featured Spanish interview	Christopher "Gus" Loria NASA Astronaut Class 1996 Belmont, Massachusetts
Carlos L. Noriega Mission Specialist Class 1995 Lima, Peru Featured Spanish interview	John (Danny) Olivas Former NASA Astronaut Class 1998 N. Hollywood, California

Hispanic Astronauts Candidates For complete list of ASCAN, visit http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/ascanbio.html

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Other Hispanic Astronauts from International Space Agencies For complete list of Int'l Space Agencies, visit http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/astrobio_international.html

Pedro Duque International Astronaut (ESA) Class 1996 Madrid, Spain Featured Spanish interview	Marcos C. Pontes International Astronaut Class 1998 Sao Paulo, Brazil

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