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  2. Franklin Chang-Díaz - Wikipedia

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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]

  3. STS-61-C - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. List of Hispanic astronauts - Wikipedia

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    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

  5. Timeline of space travel by nationality - Wikipedia

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    Franklin Chang-Diaz, first launched 12 January 1986, was born in Costa Rica, but was an American citizen when he went into space [6] Musa Manarov, first launched 21 December 1987, was the first Azerbaijan-born man in space. At the time, Azerbaijan was a part of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Anatoly Solovyev, first launched 7 June ...

  6. List of space travelers by nationality - Wikipedia

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    Franklin Chang-Diaz, born in San José, Costa Rica. First Costa Rican-American in space. Kalpana Chawla, born in Karnal, India. First Indian-American in space. Michael Foale, born in Louth, England, dual British and American citizen. Michael Lopez-Alegria, born in Madrid, Spain. Carlos I. Noriega, born in Lima, Peru. First Peruvian-born person ...

  7. Four astronauts, including Turkey's first, arrive at space ...

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    A four-man crew including Turkey's first astronaut arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) early on Saturday for a two-week stay in the latest such mission arranged entirely at commercial ...

  8. Barbie first became an astronaut in 1965. Now, she's traveled ...

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    While Barbie added "astronaut" to her long list of careers in 1965 — four years before man landed on the moon — this marks the first time in the doll's 63-year history that Barbie dolls were ...

  9. List of astronauts by year of selection - Wikipedia

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    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.