In March, we’re featuring an influential woman every day in honor of Women’s History Month.
Today we're celebrating:
Today we're celebrating:
Ellen Ochoa (1958 – present)
- NASA astronaut and lead researcher and developer of computer optical systems and spacecraft
- Flew on the space shuttle “Discovery” in 1993
- Studied physics and electrical engineering at San Diego State University and Stanford University
- As of 1998, Ochoa had logged over 480 hours in space