It’s been open for months, but the official ribbon-cutting for the new Ellen Ochoa Middle School in Prince George’s County happened on Thursday, so that its namesake could be there to help cut the ...

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 Houston, ...

SAN ANTONIO – For Women’s History Month KSAT 12 is sharing the story of Ellen Ochoa, the first Latina astronaut to go to space. Ochoa spent nearly 1,000 hours in space from 1993 to 2002. KSAT 12 got ...

Astronaut Ellen Ochoa, the San Diego State University graduate who became the first Latina to fly in space, was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Biden during a ceremony at the ...

NASA astronaut Ellen Ochoa talks about her first of four flights to the International Space Station in front of a crowded room at the Champaign Public Library on Thursday, June 6, 2024. NASA astronaut ...

A former director of NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston and a Fort Worth activist who helped make Juneteenth a federally recognized holiday were among 19 individuals receiving the Presidential ...

SAN ANTONIO – In less than two weeks, people from around the world including astronauts will be coming to Texas to get a view of the total solar eclipse. Veteran astronaut Ellen Ochoa was the first ...

Fifth-graders fidget. It’s what they do. The 90 or so Ellen Ochoa Elementary School fifth-graders who sat on the school’s lobby floor weren’t any different Monday morning. At least at first. They ...

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 07, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- NVIDIA (NVDA) today announced that it has named to its board of directors Ellen Ochoa, who was the former director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. —NASA astronaut Ellen Ochoa, who directed the Johnson Space Center, will speak at Purdue University on Sept. 26. The space center's first Hispanic director, Ochoa is its second ...

HOUSTON — Veteran astronaut Ellen Ochoa has been named the next deputy director of NASA’s Johnson Space Center. Ochoa is a four-time space flier who has served as director of flight crew operations at ...