Ellen Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman to go to space, on making dreams come true 🙌🏼

Ellen Ochoa Was The First Hispanic Woman In Space

💫Meet Ellen Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman to go to space! 🚀 📚As a doctoral student at @stanford and later as a researcher @NASA, Ochoa investigated systems for information processing - the building blocks for #ArtificalIntelligence 👉Then, in 1993, Ochoa made headlines by playing the flute during her nine-day mission aboard the #SpaceShuttleDiscovery 🎵 👏Thank you Ellen Ochoa for being an incredible role model for female leaders in #STEM! #EllenOchoa #FemaleEngineers #WomeninSTEM #Astronau

After applying to NASA’s astronaut training 3 times, Dr. Ellen Ochoa became the first Latina in space and the first Hispanic director of the Johnson Space Center—proving that with determination and hardwork, anything is possible. Thank you, Dr. Ochoa, for reaching for the stars and never giving up! ⭐ | The Adler Planetarium

Michelle Hui - NASA Marshall