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List of Hispanic astronauts
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The following is a list of persons from Spanish-speaking countries or of Hispanic descent who have travelled into space, sorted by date of first flight.
The first country listed is that of citizenship; the second, if any, is that of the Spanish-speaking country of birth or ancestry.
Orbital
| # | Image | Name | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Birth date | Country | Comment | Missions (Launch date) |
| 1 | [[Image:Arnaldo Tamayo Berlim 2018.jpg | 80px]] | Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez |
| January 29, 1942 | First person from Latin America to fly in space. First person of African descent in space. First Cuban in space. | Soyuz 38 (September 18, 1980) | |
| 2 | [[Image:Mexico.RodolfoNeriVela.01.jpg | 80px]] | Rodolfo Neri Vela |
| February 19, 1952 | First Mexican in space. | STS-61-B (November 26, 1985) | |
| 3 | [[Image:Changdiaz.jpg | 80px]] | Franklin Chang-Diaz |
| April 5, 1950 | |||
| () | First Costa Rican astronaut | STS-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) | |||
| 4 | [[Image:Sidney M. Gutierrez.jpg | 80px]] | Sidney M. Gutierrez |
| June 27, 1951 | |||
| () | First U.S.-born Hispanic astronaut | STS-40 (June 5, 1991) | |
| STS-59 (April 9, 1994) | |||
| 5 | [[Image:Ellen Ochoa.jpg | 80px]] | Ellen Ochoa |
| May 10, 1958 | |||
| () | First female Hispanic astronaut | STS-56 (April 8, 1993) | |
| STS-66 (November 3, 1994) | |||
| STS-96 (May 27, 1999) | |||
| STS-110 (April 8, 2002) | |||
| 6 | [[Image:Michael Lopez-Alegria.jpg | 80px]] | Michael Lopez-Alegria |
| May 30, 1958 | - | ||
| () | First Spanish-born astronaut | STS-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) | |||
| 7 | [[Image:Carlos Noriega (29320023123).jpg | 80px]] | Carlos I. Noriega |
| October 8, 1959 | |||
| () | First Peruvian-born astronaut | STS-84 (May 15, 1997) | |
| STS-97 (November 30, 2000) | |||
| 8 | [[Image:Pedro Duque.jpg | 80px]] | Pedro Duque |
| March 14, 1963 | First Spanish astronaut without dual citizenship | STS-95 (October 29, 1998) | |
| Soyuz TMA-3/2 (October 18, 2003) | |||
| 9 | [[Image:John Olivas v2.jpg | 80px]] | John D. Olivas |
| May 25, 1965 | |||
| () | First Mexican-American Spacewalker | STS-117 (June 8, 2007) | |
| STS-128 (August 28, 2009) | |||
| 10 | [[Image:Zamka G NASA.jpg | 80px]] | George D. Zamka |
| June 29, 1962 | |||
| () | STS-120 (October 23, 2007) | ||
| STS-130 (February 8, 2010) | |||
| 11 | [[Image:Joseph Acaba v2.jpg | 80px]] | Joseph M. Acaba |
| May 17, 1967 | |||
| () | First Puerto Rican astronaut | STS-119 (March 15, 2009) | |
| Soyuz TMA-04M (May 15, 2012) | |||
| Soyuz MS-06 (September 12, 2017) | |||
| 12 | [[Image:Jose Hernandez v2.jpg | 80px]] | José M. Hernández |
| August 7, 1962 | |||
| () | First migrant farm worker in space. | STS-128 (August 28, 2009) | |
| 13 | [[Image:Serena M. Aunon, NASA astronaut candidate.jpg | 80px]] | Serena M. Auñón |
| April 9, 1976 | |||
| () | Soyuz MS-09 (June 6, 2018) | ||
| 14 | [[File:Francisco Rubio portrait.jpg | 80px]] | Francisco Rubio |
| (El Salvador) | First salvadoreño astronaut. | Soyuz MS-22 (Sept. 21, 2022) |
Suborbital
| # | Name | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth date | Country | Comment | Missions (Launch date) | |
| 1 | Katya Echazarreta | |||
| June 16, 1995 | United States United States | |||
| (Mexico Mexico) | Suborbital flight to a height of 106 km | United States Blue Origin NS-21 (June 4, 2022) | ||
| 2 | Jesús Calleja | |||
| April 11, 1995 | Spain Spain | Suborbital flight to a height of 107 km | United States Blue Origin NS-30 (February 25, 2025) | |
| 3 | Jaime Alemán | |||
| November 14, 1953 | Panama Panama | Suborbital flight to a height of 104 km | United States Blue Origin NS-30 (May 31, 2025) | |
| 4 | Aymette (Amy) Medina Jorge | Puerto Rico Puerto Rico | Suborbital flight to a height of 104 km | United States Blue Origin NS-30 (May 31, 2025) |
Other Hispanic astronauts
| Image | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Birth date | Country | Comment |
| José López Falcón | ||
| February 8, 1950 | Backup for Arnaldo Tamayo Mendez on Soyuz 38 | |
| [[File:Ricardo Peralta (NASA photo).jpg | 80px]] | Ricardo Peralta y Fabi |
| Backup for Rodolfo Neri Vela on STS-61-B | ||
| [[Image:Fernando Caldeiro.jpg | 80px]] | Fernando Caldeiro |
| June 12, 1958 | ||
| () | Died October 3, 2009. | |
| [[Image: Marcos Berrios (cropped).jpg | 80px]] | Marcos Berríos |
| 1984 | ||
| () | Selected as part of NASA Astronaut Group 23 |
References
References
- "Entrevista exclusiva con el astronauta español MIGUEL LÓPEZ-ALEGRIA".
- [http://astronomypr.com/articulos_acaba.html Astronomy PR] {{webarchive. link. (2009-05-06)
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