Ellen Ochoa

Ellen Ochoa was born May 10, 1958 in Los Angeles, CA. She is the first Hispanic woman Astronaut to go into Space and also to serve as the first Hispanic director and the second female director of Johnson Space Center.She has her B.S. Physics from San Diego State University, her MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Optical Information Processing), also from Stanford University. She earned NASA's highest award, the Distinguished Service Medal, as well as the Presidential Distinguished Rank of the Senior Executive Service, and honorary doctorates from six universities. She holds three patents for optical systems inventions.
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Ellen Ochoa is also a classical flautist. According to the Houston Soace Center website,  “Ochoa, a classical flutist of 25 years, played her musical instrument as she flew weightless around the Earth. Ochoa was not the first astronaut to play a musical instrument in space, but she was the first to play the flute in low-Earth orbit! According to NASA, STS-56 mission specialist Ochoa played a 15-minute set in space during which she played the “Marine Corps Hymn,” “Navy Hymn,” and “God Save the Queen” for her fellow crew members.” (https://spacecenter.org/astronaut-friday-ellen-ochoa/)
Further Reading at USC
Cavallaro, Umberto. Women Spacefarers: Sixty Different Paths to Space. Cham: Springer, 2017.
Faulkner, Nicholas, and Nicholas Croce. Top 101 Women of STEM. Rosen Publishing Group, 2016.
Gibson, Karen Bush. Women in Space : 23 Stories of First Flights, Scientific Missions, and Gravity-Breaking Adventures. Chicago Review Press, Incorporated, 2014.
Wayne, Tiffany K. American Women of Science Since 1900 [2 Volumes]. ABC-CLIO, 2011.

References
“Ellen Ochoa.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, July 24, 2019.
“Ellen Ochoa.” Ellen Ochoa - Engineering and Technology History Wiki, January 22, 2016.
"Patents by Inventor Ellen Ochoa." Justia Patents.

Ellen Ochoa was born May 10, 1958 in Los Angeles, CA. She is the first Hispanic woman Astronaut to go into Space and also to serve as the first Hispanic director and the second female director of Johnson Space Center.She has her B.S. Physics from San Diego State University, her MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Optical Information Processing), also from Stanford University. She earned NASA's highest award, the Distinguished Service Medal, as well as the Presidential Distinguished Rank of the Senior Executive Service, and honorary doctorates from six universities. She holds three patents for optical systems inventions.
​​​​
Ellen Ochoa is also a classical flautist. According to the Houston Soace Center website,  “Ochoa, a classical flutist of 25 years, played her musical instrument as she flew weightless around the Earth. Ochoa was not the first astronaut to play a musical instrument in space, but she was the first to play the flute in low-Earth orbit! According to NASA, STS-56 mission specialist Ochoa played a 15-minute set in space during which she played the “Marine Corps Hymn,” “Navy Hymn,” and “God Save the Queen” for her fellow crew members.” (https://spacecenter.org/astronaut-friday-ellen-ochoa/)
Further Reading at USC
Cavallaro, Umberto. Women Spacefarers: Sixty Different Paths to Space. Cham: Springer, 2017.
Faulkner, Nicholas, and Nicholas Croce. Top 101 Women of STEM. Rosen Publishing Group, 2016.
Gibson, Karen Bush. Women in Space : 23 Stories of First Flights, Scientific Missions, and Gravity-Breaking Adventures. Chicago Review Press, Incorporated, 2014.
Wayne, Tiffany K. American Women of Science Since 1900 [2 Volumes]. ABC-CLIO, 2011.

References
“Ellen Ochoa.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, July 24, 2019.
“Ellen Ochoa.” Ellen Ochoa - Engineering and Technology History Wiki, January 22, 2016.
"Patents by Inventor Ellen Ochoa." Justia Patents.

Ellen Ochoa was born May 10, 1958 in Los Angeles, CA. She is the first Hispanic woman Astronaut to go into Space and also to serve as the first Hispanic director and the second female director of Johnson Space Center.She has her B.S. Physics from San Diego State University, her MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Optical Information Processing), also from Stanford University. She earned NASA's highest award, the Distinguished Service Medal, as well as the Presidential Distinguished Rank of the Senior Executive Service, and honorary doctorates from six universities. She holds three patents for optical systems inventions.
​​​​
Ellen Ochoa is also a classical flautist. According to the Houston Soace Center website,  “Ochoa, a classical flutist of 25 years, played her musical instrument as she flew weightless around the Earth. Ochoa was not the first astronaut to play a musical instrument in space, but she was the first to play the flute in low-Earth orbit! According to NASA, STS-56 mission specialist Ochoa played a 15-minute set in space during which she played the “Marine Corps Hymn,” “Navy Hymn,” and “God Save the Queen” for her fellow crew members.” (https://spacecenter.org/astronaut-friday-ellen-ochoa/)
Further Reading at USC
Cavallaro, Umberto. Women Spacefarers: Sixty Different Paths to Space. Cham: Springer, 2017.
Faulkner, Nicholas, and Nicholas Croce. Top 101 Women of STEM. Rosen Publishing Group, 2016.
Gibson, Karen Bush. Women in Space : 23 Stories of First Flights, Scientific Missions, and Gravity-Breaking Adventures. Chicago Review Press, Incorporated, 2014.
Wayne, Tiffany K. American Women of Science Since 1900 [2 Volumes]. ABC-CLIO, 2011.

References
“Ellen Ochoa.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, July 24, 2019.
“Ellen Ochoa.” Ellen Ochoa - Engineering and Technology History Wiki, January 22, 2016.
"Patents by Inventor Ellen Ochoa." Justia Patents.

Ellen Ochoa was born May 10, 1958 in Los Angeles, CA. She is the first Hispanic woman Astronaut to go into Space and also to serve as the first Hispanic director and the second female director of Johnson Space Center.She has her B.S. Physics from San Diego State University, her MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Optical Information Processing), also from Stanford University. 

She earned NASA's highest award, the Distinguished Service Medal, as well as the Presidential Distinguished Rank of the Senior Executive Service, and honorary doctorates from six universities. She holds three patents for optical systems inventions.
​​​​​​
Ellen Ochoa is also a classical flautist. According to the Houston Soace Center website,  “Ochoa, a classical flutist of 25 years, played her musical instrument as she flew weightless around the Earth. Ochoa was not the first astronaut to play a musical instrument in space, but she was the first to play the flute in low-Earth orbit! According to NASA, STS-56 mission specialist Ochoa played a 15-minute set in space during which she played the “Marine Corps Hymn,” “Navy Hymn,” and “God Save the Queen” for her fellow crew members.” (https://spacecenter.org/astronaut-friday-ellen-ochoa/)

Further Reading at USC
Cavallaro, Umberto. Women Spacefarers: Sixty Different Paths to Space. Cham: Springer, 2017.
Faulkner, Nicholas, and Nicholas Croce. Top 101 Women of STEM. Rosen Publishing Group, 2016.
Gibson, Karen Bush. Women in Space : 23 Stories of First Flights, Scientific Missions, and Gravity-Breaking Adventures. Chicago Review Press, Incorporated, 2014.
Wayne, Tiffany K. American Women of Science Since 1900 [2 Volumes]. ABC-CLIO, 2011.

References
“Ellen Ochoa.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, July 24, 2019.
“Ellen Ochoa.” Ellen Ochoa - Engineering and Technology History Wiki, January 22, 2016.
"Patents by Inventor Ellen Ochoa." Justia Patents.

Ellen Ochoa was born May 10, 1958 in Los Angeles, CA. She is the first Hispanic woman Astronaut to go into Space and also to serve as the first Hispanic director and the second female director of Johnson Space Center.She has her B.S. Physics from San Diego State University, her MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Optical Information Processing), also from Stanford University. 

She earned NASA's highest award, the Distinguished Service Medal, as well as the Presidential Distinguished Rank of the Senior Executive Service, and honorary doctorates from six universities. She holds three patents for optical systems inventions.
​​​​​​
Ellen Ochoa is also a classical flautist. According to the Houston Soace Center website,  “Ochoa, a classical flutist of 25 years, played her musical instrument as she flew weightless around the Earth. Ochoa was not the first astronaut to play a musical instrument in space, but she was the first to play the flute in low-Earth orbit! According to NASA, STS-56 mission specialist Ochoa played a 15-minute set in space during which she played the “Marine Corps Hymn,” “Navy Hymn,” and “God Save the Queen” for her fellow crew members.” (https://spacecenter.org/astronaut-friday-ellen-ochoa/)

Further Reading at USC
Cavallaro, Umberto. Women Spacefarers: Sixty Different Paths to Space. Cham: Springer, 2017.
Faulkner, Nicholas, and Nicholas Croce. Top 101 Women of STEM. Rosen Publishing Group, 2016.
Gibson, Karen Bush. Women in Space : 23 Stories of First Flights, Scientific Missions, and Gravity-Breaking Adventures. Chicago Review Press, Incorporated, 2014.
Wayne, Tiffany K. American Women of Science Since 1900 [2 Volumes]. ABC-CLIO, 2011.

References
“Ellen Ochoa.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, July 24, 2019.
“Ellen Ochoa.” Ellen Ochoa - Engineering and Technology History Wiki, January 22, 2016.
"Patents by Inventor Ellen Ochoa." Justia Patents.

Ellen Ochoa was born May 10, 1958 in Los Angeles, CA. She is the first Hispanic woman Astronaut to go into Space and also to serve as the first Hispanic director and the second female director of Johnson Space Center.She has her B.S. Physics from San Diego State University, her MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Optical Information Processing), also from Stanford University. 

She earned NASA's highest award, the Distinguished Service Medal, as well as the Presidential Distinguished Rank of the Senior Executive Service, and honorary doctorates from six universities. She holds three patents for optical systems inventions.
​​​​​​
Ellen Ochoa is also a classical flautist. According to the Houston Soace Center website,  “Ochoa, a classical flutist of 25 years, played her musical instrument as she flew weightless around the Earth. Ochoa was not the first astronaut to play a musical instrument in space, but she was the first to play the flute in low-Earth orbit! According to NASA, STS-56 mission specialist Ochoa played a 15-minute set in space during which she played the “Marine Corps Hymn,” “Navy Hymn,” and “God Save the Queen” for her fellow crew members.” (https://spacecenter.org/astronaut-friday-ellen-ochoa/)

Further Reading at USC
Cavallaro, Umberto. Women Spacefarers: Sixty Different Paths to Space. Cham: Springer, 2017.
Faulkner, Nicholas, and Nicholas Croce. Top 101 Women of STEM. Rosen Publishing Group, 2016.
Gibson, Karen Bush. Women in Space : 23 Stories of First Flights, Scientific Missions, and Gravity-Breaking Adventures. Chicago Review Press, Incorporated, 2014.
Wayne, Tiffany K. American Women of Science Since 1900 [2 Volumes]. ABC-CLIO, 2011.


References
“Ellen Ochoa.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, July 24, 2019.
“Ellen Ochoa.” Ellen Ochoa - Engineering and Technology History Wiki, January 22, 2016.
"Patents by Inventor Ellen Ochoa." Justia Patents.

Ellen Ochoa was born May 10, 1958 in Los Angeles, CA. She is the first Hispanic woman Astronaut to go into Space and also to serve as the first Hispanic director and the second female director of Johnson Space Center.She has her B.S. Physics from San Diego State University, her MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Optical Information Processing), also from Stanford University. 

She earned NASA's highest award, the Distinguished Service Medal, as well as the Presidential Distinguished Rank of the Senior Executive Service, and honorary doctorates from six universities. She holds three patents for optical systems inventions.
​​​​​​
Ellen Ochoa is also a classical flautist. According to the Houston Soace Center website,  “Ochoa, a classical flutist of 25 years, played her musical instrument as she flew weightless around the Earth. Ochoa was not the first astronaut to play a musical instrument in space, but she was the first to play the flute in low-Earth orbit! According to NASA, STS-56 mission specialist Ochoa played a 15-minute set in space during which she played the “Marine Corps Hymn,” “Navy Hymn,” and “God Save the Queen” for her fellow crew members.” (https://spacecenter.org/astronaut-friday-ellen-ochoa/)

Further Reading at USC
Cavallaro, Umberto. Women Spacefarers: Sixty Different Paths to Space. Cham: Springer, 2017.
Faulkner, Nicholas, and Nicholas Croce. Top 101 Women of STEM. Rosen Publishing Group, 2016.
Gibson, Karen Bush. Women in Space : 23 Stories of First Flights, Scientific Missions, and Gravity-Breaking Adventures. Chicago Review Press, Incorporated, 2014.
Wayne, Tiffany K. American Women of Science Since 1900 [2 Volumes]. ABC-CLIO, 2011.


References
“Ellen Ochoa.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, July 24, 2019.
“Ellen Ochoa.” Ellen Ochoa - Engineering and Technology History Wiki, January 22, 2016.
"Patents by Inventor Ellen Ochoa." Justia Patents.

Ellen Ochoa was born May 10, 1958 in Los Angeles, CA. She is the first Hispanic woman Astronaut to go into Space and also to serve as the first Hispanic director and the second female director of Johnson Space Center.She has her B.S. Physics from San Diego State University, her MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Optical Information Processing), also from Stanford University. 

She earned NASA's highest award, the Distinguished Service Medal, as well as the Presidential Distinguished Rank of the Senior Executive Service, and honorary doctorates from six universities. She holds three patents for optical systems inventions.
​​​​​​
Ellen Ochoa is also a classical flautist. According to the Houston Soace Center website,  “Ochoa, a classical flutist of 25 years, played her musical instrument as she flew weightless around the Earth. Ochoa was not the first astronaut to play a musical instrument in space, but she was the first to play the flute in low-Earth orbit! According to NASA, STS-56 mission specialist Ochoa played a 15-minute set in space during which she played the “Marine Corps Hymn,” “Navy Hymn,” and “God Save the Queen” for her fellow crew members.” (https://spacecenter.org/astronaut-friday-ellen-ochoa/)

Further Reading at USC
Cavallaro, Umberto. Women Spacefarers: Sixty Different Paths to Space. Cham: Springer, 2017.
Faulkner, Nicholas, and Nicholas Croce. Top 101 Women of STEM. Rosen Publishing Group, 2016.
Gibson, Karen Bush. Women in Space : 23 Stories of First Flights, Scientific Missions, and Gravity-Breaking Adventures. Chicago Review Press, Incorporated, 2014.
Wayne, Tiffany K. American Women of Science Since 1900 [2 Volumes]. ABC-CLIO, 2011.


References
“Ellen Ochoa.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, July 24, 2019.
“Ellen Ochoa.” Ellen Ochoa - Engineering and Technology History Wiki, January 22, 2016.
"Patents by Inventor Ellen Ochoa." Justia Patents.

Ellen Ochoa was born May 10, 1958 in Los Angeles, CA. She is the first Hispanic woman Astronaut to go into Space and also to serve as the first Hispanic director and the second female director of Johnson Space Center.She has her B.S. Physics from San Diego State University, her MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Optical Information Processing), also from Stanford University. 

She earned NASA's highest award, the Distinguished Service Medal, as well as the Presidential Distinguished Rank of the Senior Executive Service, and honorary doctorates from six universities. She holds three patents for optical systems inventions.
​​​​​​
Ellen Ochoa is also a classical flautist. According to the Houston Soace Center website,  “Ochoa, a classical flutist of 25 years, played her musical instrument as she flew weightless around the Earth. Ochoa was not the first astronaut to play a musical instrument in space, but she was the first to play the flute in low-Earth orbit! According to NASA, STS-56 mission specialist Ochoa played a 15-minute set in space during which she played the “Marine Corps Hymn,” “Navy Hymn,” and “God Save the Queen” for her fellow crew members.” (https://spacecenter.org/astronaut-friday-ellen-ochoa/)

Further Reading at USC
Cavallaro, Umberto. Women Spacefarers: Sixty Different Paths to Space. Cham: Springer, 2017.
Faulkner, Nicholas, and Nicholas Croce. Top 101 Women of STEM. Rosen Publishing Group, 2016.
Gibson, Karen Bush. Women in Space : 23 Stories of First Flights, Scientific Missions, and Gravity-Breaking Adventures. Chicago Review Press, Incorporated, 2014.
Wayne, Tiffany K. American Women of Science Since 1900 [2 Volumes]. ABC-CLIO, 2011.


References
“Ellen Ochoa.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, July 24, 2019.
“Ellen Ochoa.” Ellen Ochoa - Engineering and Technology History Wiki, January 22, 2016.
"Patents by Inventor Ellen Ochoa." Justia Patents.

Ellen Ochoa was born May 10, 1958 in Los Angeles, CA. She is the first Hispanic woman Astronaut to go into Space and also to serve as the first Hispanic director and the second female director of Johnson Space Center.She has her B.S. Physics from San Diego State University, her MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Optical Information Processing), also from Stanford University. 

She earned NASA's highest award, the Distinguished Service Medal, as well as the Presidential Distinguished Rank of the Senior Executive Service, and honorary doctorates from six universities. She holds three patents for optical systems inventions.
​​​​​​
Ellen Ochoa is also a classical flautist. According to the Houston Soace Center website,  “Ochoa, a classical flutist of 25 years, played her musical instrument as she flew weightless around the Earth. Ochoa was not the first astronaut to play a musical instrument in space, but she was the first to play the flute in low-Earth orbit! According to NASA, STS-56 mission specialist Ochoa played a 15-minute set in space during which she played the “Marine Corps Hymn,” “Navy Hymn,” and “God Save the Queen” for her fellow crew members.” (https://spacecenter.org/astronaut-friday-ellen-ochoa/)

Further Reading at USC
Cavallaro, Umberto. Women Spacefarers: Sixty Different Paths to Space. Cham: Springer, 2017.
Faulkner, Nicholas, and Nicholas Croce. Top 101 Women of STEM. Rosen Publishing Group, 2016.
Gibson, Karen Bush. Women in Space : 23 Stories of First Flights, Scientific Missions, and Gravity-Breaking Adventures. Chicago Review Press, Incorporated, 2014.
Wayne, Tiffany K. American Women of Science Since 1900 [2 Volumes]. ABC-CLIO, 2011.


References
“Ellen Ochoa.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, July 24, 2019.
“Ellen Ochoa.” Ellen Ochoa - Engineering and Technology History Wiki, January 22, 2016.
"Patents by Inventor Ellen Ochoa." Justia Patents.

Ellen Ochoa was born May 10, 1958 in Los Angeles, CA. She is the first Hispanic woman Astronaut to go into Space and also to serve as the first Hispanic director and the second female director of Johnson Space Center.She has her B.S. Physics from San Diego State University, her MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Optical Information Processing), also from Stanford University. 

She earned NASA's highest award, the Distinguished Service Medal, as well as the Presidential Distinguished Rank of the Senior Executive Service, and honorary doctorates from six universities. She holds three patents for optical systems inventions.
​​​​​​
Ellen Ochoa is also a classical flautist. According to the Houston Soace Center website,  “Ochoa, a classical flutist of 25 years, played her musical instrument as she flew weightless around the Earth. Ochoa was not the first astronaut to play a musical instrument in space, but she was the first to play the flute in low-Earth orbit! According to NASA, STS-56 mission specialist Ochoa played a 15-minute set in space during which she played the “Marine Corps Hymn,” “Navy Hymn,” and “God Save the Queen” for her fellow crew members.” (https://spacecenter.org/astronaut-friday-ellen-ochoa/)

Further Reading at USC
Cavallaro, Umberto. Women Spacefarers: Sixty Different Paths to Space. Cham: Springer, 2017.
Faulkner, Nicholas, and Nicholas Croce. Top 101 Women of STEM. Rosen Publishing Group, 2016.
Gibson, Karen Bush. Women in Space : 23 Stories of First Flights, Scientific Missions, and Gravity-Breaking Adventures. Chicago Review Press, Incorporated, 2014.
Wayne, Tiffany K. American Women of Science Since 1900 [2 Volumes]. ABC-CLIO, 2011.


References
“Ellen Ochoa.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, July 24, 2019.
“Ellen Ochoa.” Ellen Ochoa - Engineering and Technology History Wiki, January 22, 2016.
"Patents by Inventor Ellen Ochoa." Justia Patents.

Ellen Ochoa was born May 10, 1958 in Los Angeles, CA. She is the first Hispanic woman Astronaut to go into Space and also to serve as the first Hispanic director and the second female director of Johnson Space Center.She has her B.S. Physics from San Diego State University, her MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Optical Information Processing), also from Stanford University. 

She earned NASA's highest award, the Distinguished Service Medal, as well as the Presidential Distinguished Rank of the Senior Executive Service, and honorary doctorates from six universities. She holds three patents for optical systems inventions.
​​​​​​
Ellen Ochoa is also a classical flautist. According to the Houston Soace Center website,  “Ochoa, a classical flutist of 25 years, played her musical instrument as she flew weightless around the Earth. Ochoa was not the first astronaut to play a musical instrument in space, but she was the first to play the flute in low-Earth orbit! According to NASA, STS-56 mission specialist Ochoa played a 15-minute set in space during which she played the “Marine Corps Hymn,” “Navy Hymn,” and “God Save the Queen” for her fellow crew members.” (https://spacecenter.org/astronaut-friday-ellen-ochoa/)

Further Reading at USC
Cavallaro, Umberto. Women Spacefarers: Sixty Different Paths to Space. Cham: Springer, 2017.
Faulkner, Nicholas, and Nicholas Croce. Top 101 Women of STEM. Rosen Publishing Group, 2016.
Gibson, Karen Bush. Women in Space : 23 Stories of First Flights, Scientific Missions, and Gravity-Breaking Adventures. Chicago Review Press, Incorporated, 2014.
Wayne, Tiffany K. American Women of Science Since 1900 [2 Volumes]. ABC-CLIO, 2011.


References
“Ellen Ochoa.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, July 24, 2019.
“Ellen Ochoa.” Ellen Ochoa - Engineering and Technology History Wiki, January 22, 2016.
"Patents by Inventor Ellen Ochoa." Justia Patents.

Ellen Ochoa was born May 10, 1958 in Los Angeles, CA. She is the first Hispanic woman Astronaut to go into Space and also to serve as the first Hispanic director and the second female director of Johnson Space Center.She has her B.S. Physics from San Diego State University, her MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Optical Information Processing), also from Stanford University. 

She earned NASA's highest award, the Distinguished Service Medal, as well as the Presidential Distinguished Rank of the Senior Executive Service, and honorary doctorates from six universities. She holds three patents for optical systems inventions.
​​​​​​
Ellen Ochoa is also a classical flautist. According to the Houston Soace Center website,  “Ochoa, a classical flutist of 25 years, played her musical instrument as she flew weightless around the Earth. Ochoa was not the first astronaut to play a musical instrument in space, but she was the first to play the flute in low-Earth orbit! According to NASA, STS-56 mission specialist Ochoa played a 15-minute set in space during which she played the “Marine Corps Hymn,” “Navy Hymn,” and “God Save the Queen” for her fellow crew members.” (https://spacecenter.org/astronaut-friday-ellen-ochoa/)

Further Reading at USC
Cavallaro, Umberto. Women Spacefarers: Sixty Different Paths to Space. Cham: Springer, 2017.
Faulkner, Nicholas, and Nicholas Croce. Top 101 Women of STEM. Rosen Publishing Group, 2016.
Gibson, Karen Bush. Women in Space : 23 Stories of First Flights, Scientific Missions, and Gravity-Breaking Adventures. Chicago Review Press, Incorporated, 2014.
Wayne, Tiffany K. American Women of Science Since 1900 [2 Volumes]. ABC-CLIO, 2011.


References
“Ellen Ochoa.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, July 24, 2019.
“Ellen Ochoa.” Ellen Ochoa - Engineering and Technology History Wiki, January 22, 2016.
"Patents by Inventor Ellen Ochoa." Justia Patents.

Ellen Ochoa was born May 10, 1958 in Los Angeles, CA. She is the first Hispanic woman Astronaut to go into Space and also to serve as the first Hispanic director and the second female director of Johnson Space Center.She has her B.S. Physics from San Diego State University, her MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Optical Information Processing), also from Stanford University. 


She earned NASA's highest award, the Distinguished Service Medal, as well as the Presidential Distinguished Rank of the Senior Executive Service, and honorary doctorates from six universities. She holds three patents for optical systems inventions.
​​​​​​
Ellen Ochoa is also a classical flautist. According to the Houston Soace Center website,  “Ochoa, a classical flutist of 25 years, played her musical instrument as she flew weightless around the Earth. Ochoa was not the first astronaut to play a musical instrument in space, but she was the first to play the flute in low-Earth orbit! According to NASA, STS-56 mission specialist Ochoa played a 15-minute set in space during which she played the “Marine Corps Hymn,” “Navy Hymn,” and “God Save the Queen” for her fellow crew members.” (https://spacecenter.org/astronaut-friday-ellen-ochoa/)

Further Reading at USC
Cavallaro, Umberto. Women Spacefarers: Sixty Different Paths to Space. Cham: Springer, 2017.
Faulkner, Nicholas, and Nicholas Croce. Top 101 Women of STEM. Rosen Publishing Group, 2016.
Gibson, Karen Bush. Women in Space : 23 Stories of First Flights, Scientific Missions, and Gravity-Breaking Adventures. Chicago Review Press, Incorporated, 2014.
Wayne, Tiffany K. American Women of Science Since 1900 [2 Volumes]. ABC-CLIO, 2011.


References
“Ellen Ochoa.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, July 24, 2019.
“Ellen Ochoa.” Ellen Ochoa - Engineering and Technology History Wiki, January 22, 2016.
"Patents by Inventor Ellen Ochoa." Justia Patents.

Ellen Ochoa was born May 10, 1958 in Los Angeles, CA. She is the first Hispanic woman Astronaut to go into Space and also to serve as the first Hispanic director and the second female director of Johnson Space Center.She has her B.S. Physics from San Diego State University, her MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Optical Information Processing), also from Stanford University. 


She earned NASA's highest award, the Distinguished Service Medal, as well as the Presidential Distinguished Rank of the Senior Executive Service, and honorary doctorates from six universities. She holds three patents for optical systems inventions.
​​​​​​
Ellen Ochoa is also a classical flautist. According to the Houston Soace Center website,  “Ochoa, a classical flutist of 25 years, played her musical instrument as she flew weightless around the Earth. Ochoa was not the first astronaut to play a musical instrument in space, but she was the first to play the flute in low-Earth orbit! According to NASA, STS-56 mission specialist Ochoa played a 15-minute set in space during which she played the “Marine Corps Hymn,” “Navy Hymn,” and “God Save the Queen” for her fellow crew members.” (https://spacecenter.org/astronaut-friday-ellen-ochoa/)

Further Reading at USC
Cavallaro, Umberto. Women Spacefarers: Sixty Different Paths to Space. Cham: Springer, 2017.
Faulkner, Nicholas, and Nicholas Croce. Top 101 Women of STEM. Rosen Publishing Group, 2016.
Gibson, Karen Bush. Women in Space : 23 Stories of First Flights, Scientific Missions, and Gravity-Breaking Adventures. Chicago Review Press, Incorporated, 2014.
Wayne, Tiffany K. American Women of Science Since 1900 [2 Volumes]. ABC-CLIO, 2011.


References
“Ellen Ochoa.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, July 24, 2019.
“Ellen Ochoa.” Ellen Ochoa - Engineering and Technology History Wiki, January 22, 2016.
"Patents by Inventor Ellen Ochoa." Justia Patents.

Ellen Ochoa was born May 10, 1958 in Los Angeles, CA. She is the first Hispanic woman Astronaut to go into Space and also to serve as the first Hispanic director and the second female director of Johnson Space Center.She has her B.S. Physics from San Diego State University, her MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Optical Information Processing), also from Stanford University. 


She earned NASA's highest award, the Distinguished Service Medal, as well as the Presidential Distinguished Rank of the Senior Executive Service, and honorary doctorates from six universities. She holds three patents for optical systems inventions.
​​​​​​
Ellen Ochoa is also a classical flautist. According to the Houston Soace Center website,  “Ochoa, a classical flutist of 25 years, played her musical instrument as she flew weightless around the Earth. Ochoa was not the first astronaut to play a musical instrument in space, but she was the first to play the flute in low-Earth orbit! According to NASA, STS-56 mission specialist Ochoa played a 15-minute set in space during which she played the “Marine Corps Hymn,” “Navy Hymn,” and “God Save the Queen” for her fellow crew members.” (https://spacecenter.org/astronaut-friday-ellen-ochoa/)

Further Reading at USC
Cavallaro, Umberto. Women Spacefarers: Sixty Different Paths to Space. Cham: Springer, 2017.
Faulkner, Nicholas, and Nicholas Croce. Top 101 Women of STEM. Rosen Publishing Group, 2016.
Gibson, Karen Bush. Women in Space : 23 Stories of First Flights, Scientific Missions, and Gravity-Breaking Adventures. Chicago Review Press, Incorporated, 2014.
Wayne, Tiffany K. American Women of Science Since 1900 [2 Volumes]. ABC-CLIO, 2011.


References
“Ellen Ochoa.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, July 24, 2019.
“Ellen Ochoa.” Ellen Ochoa - Engineering and Technology History Wiki, January 22, 2016.
"Patents by Inventor Ellen Ochoa." Justia Patents.

Ellen Ochoa was born May 10, 1958 in Los Angeles, CA. She is the first Hispanic woman Astronaut to go into Space and also to serve as the first Hispanic director and the second female director of Johnson Space Center.She has her B.S. Physics from San Diego State University, her MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Optical Information Processing), also from Stanford University. 


She earned NASA's highest award, the Distinguished Service Medal, as well as the Presidential Distinguished Rank of the Senior Executive Service, and honorary doctorates from six universities. She holds three patents for optical systems inventions.
​​​​​​
Ellen Ochoa is also a classical flautist. According to the Houston Soace Center website,  “Ochoa, a classical flutist of 25 years, played her musical instrument as she flew weightless around the Earth. Ochoa was not the first astronaut to play a musical instrument in space, but she was the first to play the flute in low-Earth orbit! According to NASA, STS-56 mission specialist Ochoa played a 15-minute set in space during which she played the “Marine Corps Hymn,” “Navy Hymn,” and “God Save the Queen” for her fellow crew members.” (https://spacecenter.org/astronaut-friday-ellen-ochoa/)

Further Reading at USC
Cavallaro, Umberto. Women Spacefarers: Sixty Different Paths to Space. Cham: Springer, 2017.
Faulkner, Nicholas, and Nicholas Croce. Top 101 Women of STEM. Rosen Publishing Group, 2016.
Gibson, Karen Bush. Women in Space : 23 Stories of First Flights, Scientific Missions, and Gravity-Breaking Adventures. Chicago Review Press, Incorporated, 2014.
Wayne, Tiffany K. American Women of Science Since 1900 [2 Volumes]. ABC-CLIO, 2011.


References
“Ellen Ochoa.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, July 24, 2019.
“Ellen Ochoa.” Ellen Ochoa - Engineering and Technology History Wiki, January 22, 2016.
"Patents by Inventor Ellen Ochoa." Justia Patents.

Ellen Ochoa was born May 10, 1958 in Los Angeles, CA. She is the first Hispanic woman Astronaut to go into Space and also to serve as the first Hispanic director and the second female director of Johnson Space Center.She has her B.S. Physics from San Diego State University, her MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Optical Information Processing), also from Stanford University. 


She earned NASA's highest award, the Distinguished Service Medal, as well as the Presidential Distinguished Rank of the Senior Executive Service, and honorary doctorates from six universities. She holds three patents for optical systems inventions.
​​​​​​
Ellen Ochoa is also a classical flautist. According to the Houston Soace Center website,  “Ochoa, a classical flutist of 25 years, played her musical instrument as she flew weightless around the Earth. Ochoa was not the first astronaut to play a musical instrument in space, but she was the first to play the flute in low-Earth orbit! According to NASA, STS-56 mission specialist Ochoa played a 15-minute set in space during which she played the “Marine Corps Hymn,” “Navy Hymn,” and “God Save the Queen” for her fellow crew members.” (https://spacecenter.org/astronaut-friday-ellen-ochoa/)

Further Reading at USC
Cavallaro, Umberto. Women Spacefarers: Sixty Different Paths to Space. Cham: Springer, 2017.
Faulkner, Nicholas, and Nicholas Croce. Top 101 Women of STEM. Rosen Publishing Group, 2016.
Gibson, Karen Bush. Women in Space : 23 Stories of First Flights, Scientific Missions, and Gravity-Breaking Adventures. Chicago Review Press, Incorporated, 2014.
Wayne, Tiffany K. American Women of Science Since 1900 [2 Volumes]. ABC-CLIO, 2011.


References
“Ellen Ochoa.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, July 24, 2019.
“Ellen Ochoa.” Ellen Ochoa - Engineering and Technology History Wiki, January 22, 2016.
"Patents by Inventor Ellen Ochoa." Justia Patents.

Ellen Ochoa was born May 10, 1958 in Los Angeles, CA. She is the first Hispanic woman Astronaut to go into Space and also to serve as the first Hispanic director and the second female director of Johnson Space Center.She has her B.S. Physics from San Diego State University, her MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Optical Information Processing), also from Stanford University. 


She earned NASA's highest award, the Distinguished Service Medal, as well as the Presidential Distinguished Rank of the Senior Executive Service, and honorary doctorates from six universities. She holds three patents for optical systems inventions.
​​​​​​
Ellen Ochoa is also a classical flautist. According to the Houston Soace Center website,  “Ochoa, a classical flutist of 25 years, played her musical instrument as she flew weightless around the Earth. Ochoa was not the first astronaut to play a musical instrument in space, but she was the first to play the flute in low-Earth orbit! According to NASA, STS-56 mission specialist Ochoa played a 15-minute set in space during which she played the “Marine Corps Hymn,” “Navy Hymn,” and “God Save the Queen” for her fellow crew members.” (https://spacecenter.org/astronaut-friday-ellen-ochoa/)

Further Reading at USC
Cavallaro, Umberto. Women Spacefarers: Sixty Different Paths to Space. Cham: Springer, 2017.
Faulkner, Nicholas, and Nicholas Croce. Top 101 Women of STEM. Rosen Publishing Group, 2016.
Gibson, Karen Bush. Women in Space : 23 Stories of First Flights, Scientific Missions, and Gravity-Breaking Adventures. Chicago Review Press, Incorporated, 2014.
Wayne, Tiffany K. American Women of Science Since 1900 [2 Volumes]. ABC-CLIO, 2011.


References
“Ellen Ochoa.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, July 24, 2019.
“Ellen Ochoa.” Ellen Ochoa - Engineering and Technology History Wiki, January 22, 2016.
"Patents by Inventor Ellen Ochoa." Justia Patents.

Ellen Ochoa was born May 10, 1958 in Los Angeles, CA. She is the first Hispanic woman Astronaut to go into Space and also to serve as the first Hispanic director and the second female director of Johnson Space Center.She has her B.S. Physics from San Diego State University, her MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Optical Information Processing), also from Stanford University. 

She earned NASA's highest award, the Distinguished Service Medal, as well as the Presidential Distinguished Rank of the Senior Executive Service, and honorary doctorates from six universities. She holds three patents for optical systems inventions.
​​​​​​
Ellen Ochoa is also a classical flautist. According to the Houston Soace Center website,  “Ochoa, a classical flutist of 25 years, played her musical instrument as she flew weightless around the Earth. Ochoa was not the first astronaut to play a musical instrument in space, but she was the first to play the flute in low-Earth orbit! According to NASA, STS-56 mission specialist Ochoa played a 15-minute set in space during which she played the “Marine Corps Hymn,” “Navy Hymn,” and “God Save the Queen” for her fellow crew members.” (https://spacecenter.org/astronaut-friday-ellen-ochoa/)

Further Reading at USC
Cavallaro, Umberto. Women Spacefarers: Sixty Different Paths to Space. Cham: Springer, 2017.
Faulkner, Nicholas, and Nicholas Croce. Top 101 Women of STEM. Rosen Publishing Group, 2016.
Gibson, Karen Bush. Women in Space : 23 Stories of First Flights, Scientific Missions, and Gravity-Breaking Adventures. Chicago Review Press, Incorporated, 2014.
Wayne, Tiffany K. American Women of Science Since 1900 [2 Volumes]. ABC-CLIO, 2011.


References
“Ellen Ochoa.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, July 24, 2019.
“Ellen Ochoa.” Ellen Ochoa - Engineering and Technology History Wiki, January 22, 2016.
"Patents by Inventor Ellen Ochoa." Justia Patents.

Ellen Ochoa was born May 10, 1958 in Los Angeles, CA. She is the first Hispanic woman Astronaut to go into Space and also to serve as the first Hispanic director and the second female director of Johnson Space Center.She has her B.S. Physics from San Diego State University, her MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Optical Information Processing), also from Stanford University. 

She earned NASA's highest award, the Distinguished Service Medal, as well as the Presidential Distinguished Rank of the Senior Executive Service, and honorary doctorates from six universities. She holds three patents for optical systems inventions.
​​​​​​
Ellen Ochoa is also a classical flautist. According to the Houston Soace Center website,  “Ochoa, a classical flutist of 25 years, played her musical instrument as she flew weightless around the Earth. Ochoa was not the first astronaut to play a musical instrument in space, but she was the first to play the flute in low-Earth orbit! According to NASA, STS-56 mission specialist Ochoa played a 15-minute set in space during which she played the “Marine Corps Hymn,” “Navy Hymn,” and “God Save the Queen” for her fellow crew members.” (https://spacecenter.org/astronaut-friday-ellen-ochoa/)

Further Reading at USC
Cavallaro, Umberto. Women Spacefarers: Sixty Different Paths to Space. Cham: Springer, 2017.
Faulkner, Nicholas, and Nicholas Croce. Top 101 Women of STEM. Rosen Publishing Group, 2016.
Gibson, Karen Bush. Women in Space : 23 Stories of First Flights, Scientific Missions, and Gravity-Breaking Adventures. Chicago Review Press, Incorporated, 2014.
Wayne, Tiffany K. American Women of Science Since 1900 [2 Volumes]. ABC-CLIO, 2011.


References
“Ellen Ochoa.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, July 24, 2019.
“Ellen Ochoa.” Ellen Ochoa - Engineering and Technology History Wiki, January 22, 2016.
"Patents by Inventor Ellen Ochoa." Justia Patents.

Ellen Ochoa was born May 10, 1958 in Los Angeles, CA. She is the first Hispanic woman Astronaut to go into Space and also to serve as the first Hispanic director and the second female director of Johnson Space Center.She has her B.S. Physics from San Diego State University, her MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Optical Information Processing), also from Stanford University. 

She earned NASA's highest award, the Distinguished Service Medal, as well as the Presidential Distinguished Rank of the Senior Executive Service, and honorary doctorates from six universities. She holds three patents for optical systems inventions.
​​​​​​
Ellen Ochoa is also a classical flautist. According to the Houston Soace Center website,  “Ochoa, a classical flutist of 25 years, played her musical instrument as she flew weightless around the Earth. Ochoa was not the first astronaut to play a musical instrument in space, but she was the first to play the flute in low-Earth orbit! According to NASA, STS-56 mission specialist Ochoa played a 15-minute set in space during which she played the “Marine Corps Hymn,” “Navy Hymn,” and “God Save the Queen” for her fellow crew members.” (https://spacecenter.org/astronaut-friday-ellen-ochoa/)

Further Reading at USC
Cavallaro, Umberto. Women Spacefarers: Sixty Different Paths to Space. Cham: Springer, 2017.
Faulkner, Nicholas, and Nicholas Croce. Top 101 Women of STEM. Rosen Publishing Group, 2016.
Gibson, Karen Bush. Women in Space : 23 Stories of First Flights, Scientific Missions, and Gravity-Breaking Adventures. Chicago Review Press, Incorporated, 2014.
Wayne, Tiffany K. American Women of Science Since 1900 [2 Volumes]. ABC-CLIO, 2011.


References
“Ellen Ochoa.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, July 24, 2019.
“Ellen Ochoa.” Ellen Ochoa - Engineering and Technology History Wiki, January 22, 2016.
"Patents by Inventor Ellen Ochoa." Justia Patents.

Ellen Ochoa was born May 10, 1958 in Los Angeles, CA. She is the first Hispanic woman Astronaut to go into Space and also to serve as the first Hispanic director and the second female director of Johnson Space Center.She has her B.S. Physics from San Diego State University, her MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Optical Information Processing), also from Stanford University. 

She earned NASA's highest award, the Distinguished Service Medal, as well as the Presidential Distinguished Rank of the Senior Executive Service, and honorary doctorates from six universities. She holds three patents for optical systems inventions.
​​​​​​
Ellen Ochoa is also a classical flautist. According to the Houston Soace Center website,  “Ochoa, a classical flutist of 25 years, played her musical instrument as she flew weightless around the Earth. Ochoa was not the first astronaut to play a musical instrument in space, but she was the first to play the flute in low-Earth orbit! According to NASA, STS-56 mission specialist Ochoa played a 15-minute set in space during which she played the “Marine Corps Hymn,” “Navy Hymn,” and “God Save the Queen” for her fellow crew members.” (https://spacecenter.org/astronaut-friday-ellen-ochoa/)

Further Reading at USC
Cavallaro, Umberto. Women Spacefarers: Sixty Different Paths to Space. Cham: Springer, 2017.
Faulkner, Nicholas, and Nicholas Croce. Top 101 Women of STEM. Rosen Publishing Group, 2016.
Gibson, Karen Bush. Women in Space : 23 Stories of First Flights, Scientific Missions, and Gravity-Breaking Adventures. Chicago Review Press, Incorporated, 2014.
Wayne, Tiffany K. American Women of Science Since 1900 [2 Volumes]. ABC-CLIO, 2011.


References
“Ellen Ochoa.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, 24 July 2019.
“Ellen Ochoa.” Ellen Ochoa - Engineering and Technology History Wiki.
“Ellen Ochoa Inventions, Patents and Patent Applications - Justia Patents Search.

Ellen Ochoa was born May 10, 1958 in Los Angeles, CA. She is the first Hispanic woman Astronaut to go into Space and also to serve as the first Hispanic director and the second female director of Johnson Space Center.She has her B.S. Physics from San Diego State University, her MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Optical Information Processing), also from Stanford University. 

She earned NASA's highest award, the Distinguished Service Medal, as well as the Presidential Distinguished Rank of the Senior Executive Service, and honorary doctorates from six universities. She holds three patents for optical systems inventions.
​​​​​​
Ellen Ochoa is also a classical flautist. According to the Houston Soace Center website,  “Ochoa, a classical flutist of 25 years, played her musical instrument as she flew weightless around the Earth. Ochoa was not the first astronaut to play a musical instrument in space, but she was the first to play the flute in low-Earth orbit! According to NASA, STS-56 mission specialist Ochoa played a 15-minute set in space during which she played the “Marine Corps Hymn,” “Navy Hymn,” and “God Save the Queen” for her fellow crew members.” (https://spacecenter.org/astronaut-friday-ellen-ochoa/)

USC Materials
Cavallaro, Umberto. Women Spacefarers: Sixty Different Paths to Space. Cham: Springer, 2017.
Faulkner, Nicholas, and Nicholas Croce. Top 101 Women of STEM. Rosen Publishing Group, 2016.
Gibson, Karen Bush. Women in Space : 23 Stories of First Flights, Scientific Missions, and Gravity-Breaking Adventures. Chicago Review Press, Incorporated, 2014.
Wayne, Tiffany K. American Women of Science Since 1900 [2 Volumes]. ABC-CLIO, 2011.


Other References
“Ellen Ochoa.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, 24 July 2019.
“Ellen Ochoa.” Ellen Ochoa - Engineering and Technology History Wiki.
“Ellen Ochoa Inventions, Patents and Patent Applications - Justia Patents Search.

Ellen Ochoa was born May 10, 1958 in Los Angeles, CA. She is the first Hispanic woman Astronaut to go into Space and also to serve as the first Hispanic director and the second female director of Johnson Space Center.She has her B.S. Physics from San Diego State University, her MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Optical Information Processing), also from Stanford University. 

She earned NASA's highest award, the Distinguished Service Medal, as well as the Presidential Distinguished Rank of the Senior Executive Service, and honorary doctorates from six universities. She holds three patents for optical systems inventions.
​​​​​​
Ellen Ochoa is also a classical flautist. According to the Houston Soace Center website,  “Ochoa, a classical flutist of 25 years, played her musical instrument as she flew weightless around the Earth. Ochoa was not the first astronaut to play a musical instrument in space, but she was the first to play the flute in low-Earth orbit! According to NASA, STS-56 mission specialist Ochoa played a 15-minute set in space during which she played the “Marine Corps Hymn,” “Navy Hymn,” and “God Save the Queen” for her fellow crew members.” (https://spacecenter.org/astronaut-friday-ellen-ochoa/)

USC Materials
Cavallaro, Umberto. Women Spacefarers: Sixty Different Paths to Space. Cham: Springer, 2017.
Faulkner, Nicholas, and Nicholas Croce. Top 101 Women of STEM. Rosen Publishing Group, 2016.
Gibson, Karen Bush. Women in Space : 23 Stories of First Flights, Scientific Missions, and Gravity-Breaking Adventures. Chicago Review Press, Incorporated, 2014.
Wayne, Tiffany K. American Women of Science Since 1900 [2 Volumes]. ABC-CLIO, 2011.


Other References
“Ellen Ochoa.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, 24 July 2019.
“Ellen Ochoa.” Ellen Ochoa - Engineering and Technology History Wiki.
“Ellen Ochoa Inventions, Patents and Patent Applications - Justia Patents Search.

Ellen Ochoa was born May 10, 1958 in Los Angeles, CA. She is the first Hispanic woman Astronaut to go into Space and also to serve as the first Hispanic director and the second female director of Johnson Space Center.She has her B.S. Physics from San Diego State University, her MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Optical Information Processing), also from Stanford University. 

She earned NASA's highest award, the Distinguished Service Medal, as well as the Presidential Distinguished Rank of the Senior Executive Service, and honorary doctorates from six universities. She holds three patents for optical systems inventions.
​​​​​​
Ellen Ochoa is also a classical flautist. According to the Houston Soace Center website,  “Ochoa, a classical flutist of 25 years, played her musical instrument as she flew weightless around the Earth. Ochoa was not the first astronaut to play a musical instrument in space, but she was the first to play the flute in low-Earth orbit! According to NASA, STS-56 mission specialist Ochoa played a 15-minute set in space during which she played the “Marine Corps Hymn,” “Navy Hymn,” and “God Save the Queen” for her fellow crew members.” (https://spacecenter.org/astronaut-friday-ellen-ochoa/)

USC Materials
Cavallaro, Umberto. Women Spacefarers: Sixty Different Paths to Space. Cham: Springer, 2017.
Faulkner, Nicholas, and Nicholas Croce. Top 101 Women of STEM. Rosen Publishing Group, 2016.
Gibson, Karen Bush. Women in Space : 23 Stories of First Flights, Scientific Missions, and Gravity-Breaking Adventures. Chicago Review Press, Incorporated, 2014.
Wayne, Tiffany K. American Women of Science Since 1900 [2 Volumes]. ABC-CLIO, 2011.





Other References

“Ellen Ochoa.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, 24 July 2019, www.biography.com/astronaut/ellen-ochoa.

“Ellen Ochoa.” Ellen Ochoa - Engineering and Technology History Wiki, ethw.org/Ellen_Ochoa.

“Ellen Ochoa Inventions, Patents and Patent Applications - Justia Patents Search.” Justia, patents.justia.com/inventor/ellen-ochoa.
 

Ellen Ochoa was born May 10, 1958 in Los Angeles, CA. She is the first Hispanic woman Astronaut to go into Space and also to serve as the first Hispanic director and the second female director of Johnson Space Center.She has her B.S. Physics from San Diego State University, her MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Optical Information Processing), also from Stanford University. 

She earned NASA's highest award, the Distinguished Service Medal, as well as the Presidential Distinguished Rank of the Senior Executive Service, and honorary doctorates from six universities. She holds three patents for optical systems inventions.
​​​​​​
Ellen Ochoa is also a classical flautist. According to the Houston Soace Center website,  “Ochoa, a classical flutist of 25 years, played her musical instrument as she flew weightless around the Earth. Ochoa was not the first astronaut to play a musical instrument in space, but she was the first to play the flute in low-Earth orbit! According to NASA, STS-56 mission specialist Ochoa played a 15-minute set in space during which she played the “Marine Corps Hymn,” “Navy Hymn,” and “God Save the Queen” for her fellow crew members.” (https://spacecenter.org/astronaut-friday-ellen-ochoa/)

USC Materials

Cavallaro, Umberto. Women Spacefarers: Sixty Different Paths to Space. Cham: Springer, 2017. (e-book)

Faulkner, Nicholas, and Nicholas Croce. Top 101 Women of STEM. Rosen Publishing Group, 2016. (e-book)

Gibson, Karen Bush. Women in Space : 23 Stories of First Flights, Scientific Missions, and Gravity-Breaking Adventures . Chicago Review Press, Incorporated, 2014. (e-book)

Herrera, Juan Felipe., and Raúl Colón. Portraits of Hispanic American Heroes . New York: Dial Books for Young Readers, an imprint of Penguin Group USA, 2014. Print. (Grand Depository)

Wayne, Tiffany K. American Women of Science Since 1900 [2 Volumes]. ABC-CLIO, 2011. (e-book)





Other References

“Ellen Ochoa.” Biography.com, A&E Networks Television, 24 July 2019, www.biography.com/astronaut/ellen-ochoa.

“Ellen Ochoa.” Ellen Ochoa - Engineering and Technology History Wiki, ethw.org/Ellen_Ochoa.

“Ellen Ochoa Inventions, Patents and Patent Applications - Justia Patents Search.” Justia, patents.justia.com/inventor/ellen-ochoa.
 

Ellen Ochoa was born May 10, 1958 in Los Angeles, CA. She is the first Hispanic woman Astronaut to go into Space and also to serve as the first Hispanic director and the second female director of Johnson Space Center.She has her B.S. Physics from San Diego State University, her MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Optical Information Processing), also from Stanford University. 

She earned NASA's highest award, the Distinguished Service Medal, as well as the Presidential Distinguished Rank of the Senior Executive Service, and honorary doctorates from six universities. She holds three patents for optical systems inventions.
​​​​​​
Ellen Ochoa is also a classical flautist. According to the Houston Soace Center website,  “Ochoa, a classical flutist of 25 years, played her musical instrument as she flew weightless around the Earth. Ochoa was not the first astronaut to play a musical instrument in space, but she was the first to play the flute in low-Earth orbit! According to NASA, STS-56 mission specialist Ochoa played a 15-minute set in space during which she played the “Marine Corps Hymn,” “Navy Hymn,” and “God Save the Queen” for her fellow crew members.” (https://spacecenter.org/astronaut-friday-ellen-ochoa/)

 

Ellen Ochoa was born May 10, 1958 in Los Angeles, CA. She is the first Hispanic woman Astronaut to go into Space and also to serve as the first Hispanic director and the second female director of Johnson Space Center.She has her B.S. Physics from San Diego State University, her MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Optical Information Processing), also from Stanford University. 

She earned NASA's highest award, the Distinguished Service Medal, as well as the Presidential Distinguished Rank of the Senior Executive Service, and honorary doctorates from six universities. She holds three patents for optical systems inventions.
​​​​​​
Ellen Ochoa is also a classical flautist. According to the Houston Soace Center website,  “Ochoa, a classical flutist of 25 years, played her musical instrument as she flew weightless around the Earth. Ochoa was not the first astronaut to play a musical instrument in space, but she was the first to play the flute in low-Earth orbit! According to NASA, STS-56 mission specialist Ochoa played a 15-minute set in space during which she played the “Marine Corps Hymn,” “Navy Hymn,” and “God Save the Queen” for her fellow crew members.” (https://spacecenter.org/astronaut-friday-ellen-ochoa/)

 

Ellen Ochoa was born May 10, 1958 in Los Angeles, CA. She is the first Hispanic woman Astronaut to go into Space and also to serve as the first Hispanic director and the second female director of Johnson Space Center.She has her B.S. Physics from San Diego State University, her MS in Electrical Engineering from Stanford University, and her Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering (Optical Information Processing), also from Stanford University. 

She earned NASA's highest award, the Distinguished Service Medal, as well as the Presidential Distinguished Rank of the Senior Executive Service, and honorary doctorates from six universities. She holds three patents for optical systems inventions. 

As a doctoral student at Stanford, and later as a researcher at Sandia National Laboratories and the NASA Ames Research Center, Ochoa investigated optical systems for performing information processing.^[1] At the NASA Ames Research Center, she led a research group working primarily on optical systems for automated space exploration.^[1] She patented an optical system to detect defects in a repeating pattern and is a co-inventor on three patents for an optical inspection system, an optical object recognition method and a method for noise removal in images.^[9][10][11] As Chief of the Intelligent Systems Technology Branch at Ames, she supervised 35 engineers and scientists in the research and development of computational systems for aerospace missions. Ochoa has presented numerous papers at technical conferences and in scientific journals.^[12]

Ochoa was selected by NASA in January 1991 and became an astronaut in July 1991.^[1] Her technical assignments in the Astronaut Office included serving as the crew representative for flight software, computer hardware and robotics, Assistant for Space Station to the Chief of the Astronaut Office, lead spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM) in Mission Control and as acting as Deputy Chief of the Astronaut Office.^[1]

Ochoa became the first Hispanic woman to go to space^[13][14] when she served on a nine-day mission aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1993. The purpose of the Shuttle mission was to study the Earth's ozone layer. A veteran of four space flights, Ochoa has logged nearly 1000 hours in space.^[15] She was a mission specialist on STS-56 (1993), was payload commander on STS-66, and was mission specialist and flight engineer on STS-96 and STS-110 in 2002.^[1][16] Ochoa was in Mission Control during the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster and was one of the first personnel informed of television coverage showing Columbia's disintegration.^[17]

From 2007, after retiring from spacecraft operations, Ochoa served as Deputy Director of the Johnson Space Center, helping to manage and direct the Astronaut Office and Aircraft Operations. On January 1, 2013, Ochoa became the first Hispanic and second female director of NASA's Johnson Space Center.^[18]

As a doctoral student at Stanford, and later as a researcher at Sandia National Laboratories and the NASA Ames Research Center, Ochoa investigated optical systems for performing information processing.^[1] At the NASA Ames Research Center, she led a research group working primarily on optical systems for automated space exploration.^[1] She patented an optical system to detect defects in a repeating pattern and is a co-inventor on three patents for an optical inspection system, an optical object recognition method and a method for noise removal in images.^[9][10][11] As Chief of the Intelligent Systems Technology Branch at Ames, she supervised 35 engineers and scientists in the research and development of computational systems for aerospace missions. Ochoa has presented numerous papers at technical conferences and in scientific journals.^[12]

Ochoa was selected by NASA in January 1991 and became an astronaut in July 1991.^[1] Her technical assignments in the Astronaut Office included serving as the crew representative for flight software, computer hardware and robotics, Assistant for Space Station to the Chief of the Astronaut Office, lead spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM) in Mission Control and as acting as Deputy Chief of the Astronaut Office.^[1]

Ochoa became the first Hispanic woman to go to space^[13][14] when she served on a nine-day mission aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1993. The purpose of the Shuttle mission was to study the Earth's ozone layer. A veteran of four space flights, Ochoa has logged nearly 1000 hours in space.^[15] She was a mission specialist on STS-56 (1993), was payload commander on STS-66, and was mission specialist and flight engineer on STS-96 and STS-110 in 2002.^[1][16] Ochoa was in Mission Control during the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster and was one of the first personnel informed of television coverage showing Columbia's disintegration.^[17]

From 2007, after retiring from spacecraft operations, Ochoa served as Deputy Director of the Johnson Space Center, helping to manage and direct the Astronaut Office and Aircraft Operations. On January 1, 2013, Ochoa became the first Hispanic and second female director of NASA's Johnson Space Center.^[18]

As a doctoral student at Stanford, and later as a researcher at Sandia National Laboratories and the NASA Ames Research Center, Ochoa investigated optical systems for performing information processing.^[1] At the NASA Ames Research Center, she led a research group working primarily on optical systems for automated space exploration.^[1] She patented an optical system to detect defects in a repeating pattern and is a co-inventor on three patents for an optical inspection system, an optical object recognition method and a method for noise removal in images.^[9][10][11] As Chief of the Intelligent Systems Technology Branch at Ames, she supervised 35 engineers and scientists in the research and development of computational systems for aerospace missions. Ochoa has presented numerous papers at technical conferences and in scientific journals.^[12]

Ochoa was selected by NASA in January 1991 and became an astronaut in July 1991.^[1] Her technical assignments in the Astronaut Office included serving as the crew representative for flight software, computer hardware and robotics, Assistant for Space Station to the Chief of the Astronaut Office, lead spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM) in Mission Control and as acting as Deputy Chief of the Astronaut Office.^[1]

Ochoa became the first Hispanic woman to go to space^[13][14] when she served on a nine-day mission aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1993. The purpose of the Shuttle mission was to study the Earth's ozone layer. A veteran of four space flights, Ochoa has logged nearly 1000 hours in space.^[15] She was a mission specialist on STS-56 (1993), was payload commander on STS-66, and was mission specialist and flight engineer on STS-96 and STS-110 in 2002.^[1][16] Ochoa was in Mission Control during the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster and was one of the first personnel informed of television coverage showing Columbia's disintegration.^[17]

From 2007, after retiring from spacecraft operations, Ochoa served as Deputy Director of the Johnson Space Center, helping to manage and direct the Astronaut Office and Aircraft Operations. On January 1, 2013, Ochoa became the first Hispanic and second female director of NASA's Johnson Space Center.^[18]

As a doctoral student at Stanford, and later as a researcher at Sandia National Laboratories and the NASA Ames Research Center, Ochoa investigated optical systems for performing information processing.^[1] At the NASA Ames Research Center, she led a research group working primarily on optical systems for automated space exploration.^[1] She patented an optical system to detect defects in a repeating pattern and is a co-inventor on three patents for an optical inspection system, an optical object recognition method and a method for noise removal in images.^[9][10][11] As Chief of the Intelligent Systems Technology Branch at Ames, she supervised 35 engineers and scientists in the research and development of computational systems for aerospace missions. Ochoa has presented numerous papers at technical conferences and in scientific journals.^[12]

Ochoa was selected by NASA in January 1991 and became an astronaut in July 1991.^[1] Her technical assignments in the Astronaut Office included serving as the crew representative for flight software, computer hardware and robotics, Assistant for Space Station to the Chief of the Astronaut Office, lead spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM) in Mission Control and as acting as Deputy Chief of the Astronaut Office.^[1]

Ochoa became the first Hispanic woman to go to space^[13][14] when she served on a nine-day mission aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1993. The purpose of the Shuttle mission was to study the Earth's ozone layer. A veteran of four space flights, Ochoa has logged nearly 1000 hours in space.^[15] She was a mission specialist on STS-56 (1993), was payload commander on STS-66, and was mission specialist and flight engineer on STS-96 and STS-110 in 2002.^[1][16] Ochoa was in Mission Control during the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster and was one of the first personnel informed of television coverage showing Columbia's disintegration.^[17]

From 2007, after retiring from spacecraft operations, Ochoa served as Deputy Director of the Johnson Space Center, helping to manage and direct the Astronaut Office and Aircraft Operations. On January 1, 2013, Ochoa became the first Hispanic and second female director of NASA's Johnson Space Center.^[18]

As a doctoral student at Stanford, and later as a researcher at Sandia National Laboratories and the NASA Ames Research Center, Ochoa investigated optical systems for performing information processing.^[1] At the NASA Ames Research Center, she led a research group working primarily on optical systems for automated space exploration.^[1] She patented an optical system to detect defects in a repeating pattern and is a co-inventor on three patents for an optical inspection system, an optical object recognition method and a method for noise removal in images.^[9][10][11] As Chief of the Intelligent Systems Technology Branch at Ames, she supervised 35 engineers and scientists in the research and development of computational systems for aerospace missions. Ochoa has presented numerous papers at technical conferences and in scientific journals.^[12]

Ochoa was selected by NASA in January 1991 and became an astronaut in July 1991.^[1] Her technical assignments in the Astronaut Office included serving as the crew representative for flight software, computer hardware and robotics, Assistant for Space Station to the Chief of the Astronaut Office, lead spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM) in Mission Control and as acting as Deputy Chief of the Astronaut Office.^[1]

Ochoa became the first Hispanic woman to go to space^[13][14] when she served on a nine-day mission aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1993. The purpose of the Shuttle mission was to study the Earth's ozone layer. A veteran of four space flights, Ochoa has logged nearly 1000 hours in space.^[15] She was a mission specialist on STS-56 (1993), was payload commander on STS-66, and was mission specialist and flight engineer on STS-96 and STS-110 in 2002.^[1][16] Ochoa was in Mission Control during the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster and was one of the first personnel informed of television coverage showing Columbia's disintegration.^[17]

From 2007, after retiring from spacecraft operations, Ochoa served as Deputy Director of the Johnson Space Center, helping to manage and direct the Astronaut Office and Aircraft Operations. On January 1, 2013, Ochoa became the first Hispanic and second female director of NASA's Johnson Space Center.^[18]

As a doctoral student at Stanford, and later as a researcher at Sandia National Laboratories and the NASA Ames Research Center, Ochoa investigated optical systems for performing information processing.^[1] At the NASA Ames Research Center, she led a research group working primarily on optical systems for automated space exploration.^[1] She patented an optical system to detect defects in a repeating pattern and is a co-inventor on three patents for an optical inspection system, an optical object recognition method and a method for noise removal in images.^[9][10][11] As Chief of the Intelligent Systems Technology Branch at Ames, she supervised 35 engineers and scientists in the research and development of computational systems for aerospace missions. Ochoa has presented numerous papers at technical conferences and in scientific journals.^[12]

Ochoa was selected by NASA in January 1991 and became an astronaut in July 1991.^[1] Her technical assignments in the Astronaut Office included serving as the crew representative for flight software, computer hardware and robotics, Assistant for Space Station to the Chief of the Astronaut Office, lead spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM) in Mission Control and as acting as Deputy Chief of the Astronaut Office.^[1]

Ochoa became the first Hispanic woman to go to space^[13][14] when she served on a nine-day mission aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1993. The purpose of the Shuttle mission was to study the Earth's ozone layer. A veteran of four space flights, Ochoa has logged nearly 1000 hours in space.^[15] She was a mission specialist on STS-56 (1993), was payload commander on STS-66, and was mission specialist and flight engineer on STS-96 and STS-110 in 2002.^[1][16] Ochoa was in Mission Control during the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster and was one of the first personnel informed of television coverage showing Columbia's disintegration.^[17]

From 2007, after retiring from spacecraft operations, Ochoa served as Deputy Director of the Johnson Space Center, helping to manage and direct the Astronaut Office and Aircraft Operations. On January 1, 2013, Ochoa became the first Hispanic and second female director of NASA's Johnson Space Center.^[18]

As a doctoral student at Stanford, and later as a researcher at Sandia National Laboratories and the NASA Ames Research Center, Ochoa investigated optical systems for performing information processing.^[1] At the NASA Ames Research Center, she led a research group working primarily on optical systems for automated space exploration.^[1] She patented an optical system to detect defects in a repeating pattern and is a co-inventor on three patents for an optical inspection system, an optical object recognition method and a method for noise removal in images.^[9][10][11] As Chief of the Intelligent Systems Technology Branch at Ames, she supervised 35 engineers and scientists in the research and development of computational systems for aerospace missions. Ochoa has presented numerous papers at technical conferences and in scientific journals.^[12]

Ochoa was selected by NASA in January 1991 and became an astronaut in July 1991.^[1] Her technical assignments in the Astronaut Office included serving as the crew representative for flight software, computer hardware and robotics, Assistant for Space Station to the Chief of the Astronaut Office, lead spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM) in Mission Control and as acting as Deputy Chief of the Astronaut Office.^[1]

Ochoa became the first Hispanic woman to go to space^[13][14] when she served on a nine-day mission aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1993. The purpose of the Shuttle mission was to study the Earth's ozone layer. A veteran of four space flights, Ochoa has logged nearly 1000 hours in space.^[15] She was a mission specialist on STS-56 (1993), was payload commander on STS-66, and was mission specialist and flight engineer on STS-96 and STS-110 in 2002.^[1][16] Ochoa was in Mission Control during the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster and was one of the first personnel informed of television coverage showing Columbia's disintegration.^[17]

From 2007, after retiring from spacecraft operations, Ochoa served as Deputy Director of the Johnson Space Center, helping to manage and direct the Astronaut Office and Aircraft Operations. On January 1, 2013, Ochoa became the first Hispanic and second female director of NASA's Johnson Space Center.^[18]

As a doctoral student at Stanford, and later as a researcher at Sandia National Laboratories and the NASA Ames Research Center, Ochoa investigated optical systems for performing information processing.^[1] At the NASA Ames Research Center, she led a research group working primarily on optical systems for automated space exploration.^[1] She patented an optical system to detect defects in a repeating pattern and is a co-inventor on three patents for an optical inspection system, an optical object recognition method and a method for noise removal in images.^[9][10][11] As Chief of the Intelligent Systems Technology Branch at Ames, she supervised 35 engineers and scientists in the research and development of computational systems for aerospace missions. Ochoa has presented numerous papers at technical conferences and in scientific journals.^[12]

Ochoa was selected by NASA in January 1991 and became an astronaut in July 1991.^[1] Her technical assignments in the Astronaut Office included serving as the crew representative for flight software, computer hardware and robotics, Assistant for Space Station to the Chief of the Astronaut Office, lead spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM) in Mission Control and as acting as Deputy Chief of the Astronaut Office.^[1]

Ochoa became the first Hispanic woman to go to space^[13][14] when she served on a nine-day mission aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1993. The purpose of the Shuttle mission was to study the Earth's ozone layer. A veteran of four space flights, Ochoa has logged nearly 1000 hours in space.^[15] She was a mission specialist on STS-56 (1993), was payload commander on STS-66, and was mission specialist and flight engineer on STS-96 and STS-110 in 2002.^[1][16] Ochoa was in Mission Control during the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster and was one of the first personnel informed of television coverage showing Columbia's disintegration.^[17]

From 2007, after retiring from spacecraft operations, Ochoa served as Deputy Director of the Johnson Space Center, helping to manage and direct the Astronaut Office and Aircraft Operations. On January 1, 2013, Ochoa became the first Hispanic and second female director of NASA's Johnson Space Center.^[18]

As a doctoral student at Stanford, and later as a researcher at Sandia National Laboratories and the NASA Ames Research Center, Ochoa investigated optical systems for performing information processing.^[1] At the NASA Ames Research Center, she led a research group working primarily on optical systems for automated space exploration.^[1] She patented an optical system to detect defects in a repeating pattern and is a co-inventor on three patents for an optical inspection system, an optical object recognition method and a method for noise removal in images.^[9][10][11] As Chief of the Intelligent Systems Technology Branch at Ames, she supervised 35 engineers and scientists in the research and development of computational systems for aerospace missions. Ochoa has presented numerous papers at technical conferences and in scientific journals.^[12]

Ochoa was selected by NASA in January 1991 and became an astronaut in July 1991.^[1] Her technical assignments in the Astronaut Office included serving as the crew representative for flight software, computer hardware and robotics, Assistant for Space Station to the Chief of the Astronaut Office, lead spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM) in Mission Control and as acting as Deputy Chief of the Astronaut Office.^[1]

Ochoa became the first Hispanic woman to go to space^[13][14] when she served on a nine-day mission aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1993. The purpose of the Shuttle mission was to study the Earth's ozone layer. A veteran of four space flights, Ochoa has logged nearly 1000 hours in space.^[15] She was a mission specialist on STS-56 (1993), was payload commander on STS-66, and was mission specialist and flight engineer on STS-96 and STS-110 in 2002.^[1][16] Ochoa was in Mission Control during the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster and was one of the first personnel informed of television coverage showing Columbia's disintegration.^[17]

From 2007, after retiring from spacecraft operations, Ochoa served as Deputy Director of the Johnson Space Center, helping to manage and direct the Astronaut Office and Aircraft Operations. On January 1, 2013, Ochoa became the first Hispanic and second female director of NASA's Johnson Space Center.^[18]

As a doctoral student at Stanford, and later as a researcher at Sandia National Laboratories and the NASA Ames Research Center, Ochoa investigated optical systems for performing information processing.^[1] At the NASA Ames Research Center, she led a research group working primarily on optical systems for automated space exploration.^[1] She patented an optical system to detect defects in a repeating pattern and is a co-inventor on three patents for an optical inspection system, an optical object recognition method and a method for noise removal in images.^[9][10][11] As Chief of the Intelligent Systems Technology Branch at Ames, she supervised 35 engineers and scientists in the research and development of computational systems for aerospace missions. Ochoa has presented numerous papers at technical conferences and in scientific journals.^[12]

Ochoa was selected by NASA in January 1991 and became an astronaut in July 1991.^[1] Her technical assignments in the Astronaut Office included serving as the crew representative for flight software, computer hardware and robotics, Assistant for Space Station to the Chief of the Astronaut Office, lead spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM) in Mission Control and as acting as Deputy Chief of the Astronaut Office.^[1]

Ochoa became the first Hispanic woman to go to space^[13][14] when she served on a nine-day mission aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery in 1993. The purpose of the Shuttle mission was to study the Earth's ozone layer. A veteran of four space flights, Ochoa has logged nearly 1000 hours in space.^[15] She was a mission specialist on STS-56 (1993), was payload commander on STS-66, and was mission specialist and flight engineer on STS-96 and STS-110 in 2002.^[1][16] Ochoa was in Mission Control during the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster and was one of the first personnel informed of television coverage showing Columbia's disintegration.^[17]

From 2007, after retiring from spacecraft operations, Ochoa served as Deputy Director of the Johnson Space Center, helping to manage and direct the Astronaut Office and Aircraft Operations. On January 1, 2013, Ochoa became the first Hispanic and second female director of NASA's Johnson Space Center.^[18]