Meet Dr. Frank Rubio and José Hernández: The NASA Latino astronauts making history
us.hola.comDr. Frank Rubio traveled to the International Space Station on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft from Kazakhstan. The astronaut’s trip to outer space only took six hours, and he will orbit the planet for six months.The Los Angeles-born and Florida-raised doctor and former US Army helicopter pilot enters NASA’s history books alongside José Hernández, the Latino astronaut whose story will be immortalized in a film set to be released in 2023 on Amazon Prime Video.Hernández, from a family of Mexican farmers, worked hard to get a job at NASA; now, he is part of the Latino and Hispanic astronauts working for the space agency.After obtaining a degree in Electrical Engineering from the Pacific University of Stockton, he began working for the United States Department of Energy.
Knowing his true passion was the universe, Hernández started his process of becoming a NASA astronaut.Katya Echazarreta makes history as the first Mexican woman in space!First Latina military pilot fighter Olga Custodio will be honored with the 2022 STEM AwardMexican astronaut Katya Echazarreta partners with Pandora to celebrate women’s milestonesAfter being rejected by NASA 11 times in 2001, he secured a position as head of the Materials and Processes Branch.
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