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Ellen Ochoa was the first Hispanic woman astronaut. Ellen Ochoa was also a scientist as well as an inventor. Ellen Ochoa assisted in developing several systems that use lasers to collect and process information from images.

Ellen Ochoa was born on May 10, 1958, in Los Angeles, California.

Ellen Ochoa became an astronaut in 1991. Some of her jobs were checking flight robotics, software, and hardware.

In 2007, after retiring as an astronaut, she became the deputy director at Johnson Space Center. She was the second woman ever to head that division between 2012 and 2018. Later Ellen Ochoa was the chair of the National Science Board.

Due to her achievements in space exploration, schools have been named after her in Texas, California, and Washington DC.

Ellen Ochoa was also inducted into the National Academy of Investors.

Ellen Ochoa received many medals for Exceptional Service in 1997, and an Outstanding Leadership Medal in 1995.

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