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Franklin Ramon 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 the Cummins' board of directors. [3] He became an American citizen in 1977. [4]
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.
First person from Latin America to fly in space. First person of African descent in space. First Cuban in space. Soyuz 38 (September 18, 1980) 2 Rodolfo Neri Vela February 19, 1952 Mexico: First Mexican in space. STS-61-B (November 26, 1985) 3 Franklin Chang-Diaz April 5, 1950 United States ( Costa Rica) First Costa Rican astronaut
Of this group, Franklin Chang-Diaz would become the first Hispanic-American in space, Michael Smith would perish in the Challenger disaster, and John Blaha would fly aboard the Mir space station. Both Jerry Ross and Chang-Diaz currently jointly hold the record of number of crewed spaceflights flown, at seven.
Shannon Lucid, first launched 17 June 1985, was born in China to American parents of European descent, and was an American citizen when she went into space. Franklin Chang-Diaz, first launched 12 January 1986, was born in Costa Rica, but was an American citizen when he went into space [6]
When Rolling Stone ranked all then-145 cast members of "SNL," they put John Belushi in the top spot, calling him "the first rock 'n' roll star of comedy.". Belushi was another one of the seven ...
First person to be launched into space more than six times: Jerry Ross (April 8, 2002, STS-110) [6] First astronaut spouse selected as an astronaut: William Fisher (August 27, 1985, STS-51-I; married to Anna Fisher, Group 8 astronaut) [7] In addition, Chang-Diaz and Ross share the world record for the most spaceflights, with seven each. [8]
At 11-years-old, Marley Dias was frustrated about being given books she couldn't relate to at school, prompting her to start the now widely-recognized campaign #1000blackgirlbooks.