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Franklin Ramon Chang-Díaz (born April 5, 1950, San José, Costa Rica) [1] is a Costa Rican-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 the Cummins ' board of directors. [ 3 ]
Boulder: Scott Carpenter (1925–2013) — Mercury 7; Colorado Springs: Dorothy M. Metcalf-Lindenburger — STS-131; Del Norte: Kent Rominger — STS-73, STS-80, STS-85, STS-96, STS-100
STS-61-C's seven-person crew included the first Costa Rican-born astronaut, Franklin Chang-Díaz, the second African-American shuttle pilot, Charles Bolden, and the second sitting politician to fly in space, Rep. Bill Nelson (D-FL). Both Bolden and Nelson would also later go on to become Administrators of NASA.
Franklin Chang-Diaz (BS, 1973) – NASA astronaut and physicist [1] Carol Lynn Curchoe – molecular biologist; Janet Frost (Ph.D., 1994) – Biochemist and professor emeritus [2] David Grimaldi – entomologist; Benjamin Hsiao – materials scientist [3] David Lee – Nobel Prize-winning physicist; Richard Mastracchio – NASA astronaut and ...
Sonia Chang-Díaz was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on March 31, 1978, the daughter of Franklin Chang-Díaz, a physicist who would be selected as a NASA astronaut in 1980. [1] [2] [3] She graduated from the University of Virginia. [4] She worked as one of Senator Cheryl Jacques' legislative aides and was a campaign manager for MassEquality. [5]
The President and CEO of Ad Astra Rocket Company is retired astronaut Franklin Chang-Díaz. [1] 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 chemical rocket designs, including lunar cargo ...
Seattle’s embattled police chief has been dismissed, Mayor Bruce Harrel said Wednesday. Harrell said at a news conference that he met with Adrian Diaz on Tuesday and they agreed Diaz should step ...
STS-34 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission using Atlantis.It was the 31st shuttle mission overall, and the fifth flight for Atlantis. [1] STS-34 launched from Kennedy Space Center, Florida, on October 18, 1989, and landed at Edwards Air Force Base, California, on October 23, 1989.