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🧑‍🚀 List of Hispanic Astronauts

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Hispanic_astronauts

#ImageName
Birth date
CountryCommentMissions (Launch date)
1Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez
January 29, 1942
 CubaFirst person from Latin America to fly in space. First person of African descent in space. First Cuban in space.Soyuz 38 (September 18, 1980)
2Rodolfo Neri Vela
February 19, 1952
 MexicoFirst Mexican in space.STS-61-B (November 26, 1985)
3Franklin Chang-Diaz
April 5, 1950
 United States
( Costa Rica)
First Costa Rican astronautSTS-61-C (January 12, 1986)
STS-34 (October 18, 1989)
STS-46 (July 31, 1992)
STS-60 (February 3, 1994)
STS-75 (February 22, 1996)
STS-91 (June 2, 1998)
STS-111 (June 5, 2002)
4Sidney M. Gutierrez
June 27, 1951
 United States
( Mexico)
First U.S.-born Hispanic astronautSTS-40 (June 5, 1991)
STS-59 (April 9, 1994)
5Ellen Ochoa
May 10, 1958
 United States
( Mexico)
First female Hispanic astronautSTS-56 (April 8, 1993)
STS-66 (November 3, 1994)
STS-96 (May 27, 1999)
STS-110 (April 8, 2002)
6Michael Lopez-Alegria
May 30, 1958
 United States- Spain[1]
( Spain)
First Spanish-born astronautSTS-73 (October 20, 1995)
STS-92 (October 11, 2000)
STS-113 (November 24, 2002)
Soyuz TMA-9 (September 18, 2006)
Axiom Mission 1 (April 8, 2022)
7Carlos I. Noriega
October 8, 1959
 United States
( Peru)
First Peruvian-born astronautSTS-84 (May 15, 1997)
STS-97 (November 30, 2000)
8Pedro Duque
March 14, 1963
 SpainFirst Spanish astronautSTS-95 (October 29, 1998)
Soyuz TMA-3/2 (October 18, 2003)
9John D. Olivas
May 25, 1965
 United States
( Mexico)
STS-117 (June 8, 2007)
STS-128 (August 28, 2009)
10George D. Zamka United States
( Colombia)
STS-120 (October 23, 2007)
STS-130 (February 8, 2010)
11Joseph M. Acaba
May 17, 1967
 United States
( Puerto Rico)
First Puerto Rican astronautSTS-119 (March 15, 2009)
Soyuz TMA-04M (May 15, 2012)[2]
Soyuz MS-06 (September 12, 2017)
12José M. Hernández
August 7, 1962
 United States
( Mexico)
First migrant farm worker in space.STS-128 (August 28, 2009)
13Serena M. Auñón
Apr. 9, 1976
 United States
( Cuba)
Soyuz MS-09 (June 6, 2018)
14Francisco Rubio

December 11, 1975

 United States
( El Salvador)
First salvadoreño astronaut.Soyuz MS-22 (Sept. 21, 2022)

Suborbital[edit]

#Name
Birth date
CountryCommentMissions (Launch date)
1Katya Echazarreta
June 16, 1995
United States United States
(Mexico Mexico)
Suborbital flight to a height of 106 kmUnited States Blue Origin NS-21 (June 4, 2022)

Other Hispanic astronauts[edit]

ImageName
Birth date
CountryComment
José López Falcón
February 8, 1950
 CubaBackup for Arnaldo Tamayo Mendez on Soyuz 38
Ricardo Peralta y Fabi
 MexicoBackup for Rodolfo Neri Vela on STS-61-B
Fernando Caldeiro
June 12, 1958
 United States
( Argentina)
Died October 3, 2009.

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