But Franklin Chang-Díaz – years later ... At the age of 18, he left for the United States alone.By 1977, Chang-Diaz already had a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Connecticut ...

Astronaut and physicist Franklin Chang-Diaz participated in seven space shuttle missions for NASA, including the 1989 launch of the Galileo to Jupiter and the final 1998 shuttle visit to the Russian ...

The first is Franklin Chang-Diaz, who in 1980 became the first Hispanic astronaut elected by NASA. Born and raised in Costa Rica, Chang-Diaz moved to Connecticut and aspired to be an astronaut ...

The Keokuk Association of Rights and Equality or KARE is currently holding its Hispanic Heritage Month essay contest for students in Keokuk.

"A Million Miles Away" is based on the true story of migrant farmworker José Moreno Hernández's journey to space. What is fact and what is fiction?

Brown from California, and 19 cosponsors, introduced House Joint Resolution 1299 to observe National Hispanic Heritage Week.

The Vasimr would use solar electric for smaller payloads. Ad Astra's president and chief executive Franklin Chang Diaz, who is a former Nasa astronaut, says crewed missions need to get to Mars in ...

This blog post will... When he arrived in the United States in 1968, Franklin Chang-Díaz had only $50 in his pocket and did not know how to speak English. At that time he was 18 years old and had the ...

“Every offseason, that’s a challenge when you have good people and you have talented people,” Franklin said of potential interest in Diaz. “We got to do everything we possibly can to ...

author, and Workhuman Chief Human Resources Officer Steve Pemberton; Emmy, Tony and Academy Award-winning actress Viola Davis; U.S. Rep. Gwendolyn S. Moore of Wisconsin’s 4th District; and Franklin ...