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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 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] Bolden also became the second astronaut to serve as NASA Administrator, appointed in July 2009. [9]
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.
Some parents tell their children the sky is the limit, but that wouldn't have been nearly enough for Franklin Chang-Díaz.The Costa Rican-American physicist and mechanical engineer is a veteran of ...
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
The mission is the sixth in the Chang’e moon exploration program, which is named after a Chinese moon goddess. It is the second designed to bring back samples, following the Chang’e 5 , which ...
Ed Dwight, the first Black man to train as an astronaut, pictured in 2023. On Sunday, he will become the oldest person to go to space (Getty Images for National Geogra) In 1961, the US established ...