In May 1999 she was a member of the Discovery STS-96 crew that executed the first docking to the International Space Station (ISS). Another small satellite, CRISTA-SPAS, was released, which studied Earth’s atmosphere for eight days before being retrieved. STS-66 carried the ATLAS-3, which reflew experiments Ochoa had worked with on her previous flight. She was part of the STS-66 Atlantis mission in November 1994. The crew also released the SPARTAN satellite, which studied the solar wind for two days before it was retrieved.
During this mission, she and the other mission specialists performed various experiments collectively called ATLAS-2 (Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science-2) that studied the Sun and its interaction with Earth’s atmosphere. In April 1993 she served as mission specialist aboard the STS-56 mission of the space shuttle Discovery, becoming the first Latina to be launched into space. Ochoa was selected by NASA in 1990 to participate in its astronaut program, and she became the first Hispanic female astronaut when she completed her training in 1991. SpaceNext50 Britannica presents SpaceNext50, From the race to the Moon to space stewardship, we explore a wide range of subjects that feed our curiosity about space!.Learn about the major environmental problems facing our planet and what can be done about them! Saving Earth Britannica Presents Earth’s To-Do List for the 21st Century.100 Women Britannica celebrates the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, highlighting suffragists and history-making politicians.
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