Joseph Michael Acabá (born May 17, 1967) is an American educator, hydrogeologist, and NASA astronaut. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] In May 2004, he became the first person of Puerto Rican ancestry to be named as a NASA astronaut candidate, when he was selected as a member of NASA Astronaut Training Group 19. [ 3 ]

2023年3月13日 · Joseph M. Acaba was selected by NASA in 2004. The California native has logged a total of 306 days in space on three missions. In 2009, Acaba flew aboard STS-119 on the Space Shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station to deliver the final pair of power-generating solar array wings and a truss element.

2023年2月2日 · NASA has selected veteran astronaut Joe Acaba as chief of the Astronaut Office at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. A decorated veteran of multiple spaceflights, as well a former U.S. Marine and former educator, Acaba is the first person of Hispanic heritage selected to lead the office.

2021年4月8日 · Acaba, the first person of Puerto Rican heritage to be selected by NASA, has logged 306 days in space to date, the most for any Hispanic-American astronaut! He narrowly edged out NASA astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria, who previously held the record with 258 days logged across his four flights.

2023年2月10日 · NASA has named veteran astronaut Joseph Acaba chief of the Astronaut Office at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston. He makes history as the first Hispanic to be named chief astronaut.

Joseph Acaba (born May 17, 1967, Inglewood, California, U.S.) is an American astronaut who, over three spaceflights to the International Space Station (ISS), has spent 306 days in space. He is part of the Artemis team of astronauts who are eligible to fly to the Moon in the mid-2020s.

2023年2月2日 · Joe Acaba, a former educator who has flown three times to space including two long-duration stays on board the International Space Station, has been named the new chief of the Astronaut Office at...

约瑟夫·迈克尔·“乔”·阿卡巴（英文：Joseph Michael "Joe" Acaba），1967年5月17日出生于美国加利福尼亚州英格勒伍德，波多黎各裔美国教育家、地质学家、美国国家航空航天局宇航员。

Image left: 2004 Astronaut Candidate Joe Acaba. Click for High Resolution Image Photo credit: NASA/Johnson Space Center. Dunnellon Middle School, where Acaba teaches 7th and 8th grade science and math, has been abuzz since he got word of his new mission.

Joe Acaba于2004年被选为宇航员。 在成为阿斯托纳特之前，他曾是加州洛杉矶的水文地质学家，主要在超级基金的网站上工作。 他在美国和平队(United States Peace Corps)工作了两年，在多米尼加共和国担任环境教育宣传人