The first Hispanic woman to launch into space is now the second female astronaut to be awarded the United States' highest honor. Ellen Ochoa, who later directed NASA's Johnson Space Center in ...
It’s a dangerous rescue mission for the SeaWorld San Diego Animal Rescue Team as toxic algae poisonings of the Southern California pinniped population has come on fast. STORY: https ...
La Mesa native Ellen Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman to travel ... research at Ames Research Center before being chosen to be an astronaut in 1990. Also recognized by Biden was Jane Rigby, an ...