Space Shuttle Discovery (STS-56) Mission Specialist 3 (MS3) Ellen Ochoa handles a 35mm camera on the aft flight deck of the Orbiter. Ochoa is positioned next to the payload station and behind the commander's station.
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ASTRONAUT T.J. CREAMER OF ISS EXPEDITION 22 AND 23, GREETS DR. ELLEN OCHOA INSIDE THE PAYLOAD OPERATIONS INTEGRATION CENTER FOR THE ISS
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ANDREW HANKS, STRUCTURAL MATERIALS EXPERT AT THE MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER DISCUSSES ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING WITH DR. ELLEN OCHOA
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Astronaut Ellen Ochoa, STS-110 mission specialist, looks through the window of the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS) as she views portions of the Space Shuttle Atlantis and the Canadarm2. It was during the STS-110 mission that the Canadian-developed ISS robotic arm was used to maneuver spacewalkers around the station for the first time. The STS-110 mission, carried by the Space Shuttle Orbiter Atlantis, was launched on April 8, 2002.
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NIKI WERKHEISER - 3D PRINTING ZERO-G PROJECT MANAGER, DISCUSSES 3D PRINTING TECHNOLOGY WITH DR. ELLEN OCHOA.1401414 THE ISS NOW HAS A 3D PRINTER, WHICH THE TECHNOLOGY WAS TESTED AT THE MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
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jsc2014e037863 (April 14, 2014) --- Official portrait of Johnson Space Center Director and former astronaut Ellen Ochoa who is retiring May 25, 2018, after 30 years at the agency. Ochoa has flown to space four times including twice to the International Space Station in May 1999 and again in April 2002.
Official Portrait of JSC Center Director Ellen Ochoa
FROM LEFT, EUGENA GOGGANS AND MELISSA HOPPER, BOTH STOWAGE ENGINEERS, AND LYBREASE WOODARD, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF THE MISSION OPERATIONS LAB, GREET DR. ELLEN OCHOA IN THE PAYLOAD OPERATIONS INTEGRATION CENTER FOR THE ISS
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S96-E-5150 (02 June 1999) --- Astronaut Ellen Ochoa, STS-96 mission specialist, in the SpaceHab module aboard the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Discovery. The photograph was taken with an electronic still camera (ESC) at 01:14:12, June 2, 1999.
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S96-E-5153 (2 June 1999) --- Onboard Discovery's SpaceHab, astronaut Ellen Ochoa surveys the near completion of a gigantic move effort of supplies from the shuttle to the International Space Station (ISS). Tons of supplies were carried up in Discovery and the SpaceHab module in the payload bay to be transferred to the station.  The photo was taken with an electronic still camera (ESC) at 01:16:30 GMT, June 2, 1999. Photo credit: NASA
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STS096-366-030 (27 May - 6 June 1999) --- Astronaut Ellen Ochoa spent many hours in this post aboard SpaceHab in Discovery's cargo bay as she coordinated the large supply of hardware intended for the International Space Station (ISS). She joined four other American astronauts, a Canadian   astronaut and a Russian cosmonaut  for almost ten days in Earth orbit.
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STS066-21-029 (3-14 Nov. 1994) --- On the space shuttle Atlantis' aft flight deck, astronaut Ellen Ochoa, payload commander, supports the Atmospheric Trace Molecule Spectroscopy (ATMOS) experiment with a checkout of a pair of 8mm video tape recorders.  Note Atlantis' addition of the lower body restraint device (left) used to support crew members spending long periods of stationary time at the aft flight deck.  Ochoa joined four other NASA astronauts and a European mission specialist for 11-days in space in support of the Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science (ATLAS-3) mission.  Photo credit: NASA
Astronaut Ellen Ochoa works with ATMOS experiment checkout
S94-40073 (23 June 1994) --- Wearing training versions of the launch and entry suits (LES), astronauts Ellen Ochoa, payload commander, and Joseph P. Tanner, mission specialist, await the beginning of a training session on emergency egress procedures.  The STS-66 crew participated in the training, held in the Johnson Space Center's (JSC) Shuttle Mockup and Integration Laboratory.  Ochoa and Tanner will join three other NASA astronauts and one international mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis in support of the Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science (ATLAS-3) flight scheduled for November of this year.
Astronauts Ochoa and Tanner during egress training
S94-37520 (28 June 1994) --- Astronaut Ellen Ochoa, STS-66 payload commander, secures herself in a small life raft during an emergency bailout training exercise in the Johnson Space Center's (JSC) Weightless Environment Training Facility (WET-F).  Making her second flight in space, Ochoa will join four other NASA astronauts and a European mission specialist for a week and a half in space aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis in support of the Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science (ATLAS-3) mission.  Ochoa was a mission specialist on the ATLAS-2 mission in April of 1993.
Astronaut Ellen Ochoa in small life raft during training
STS110-E-5182 (11 April 2002) --- Astronauts Ellen Ochoa (left), STS-110 mission specialist, and Daniel W. Bursch, Expedition Four flight engineer, work the controls of the Canadarm2 in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS). Ochoa and Bursch used the robotic arm to lift the S0 (S-Zero) Truss out of Space Shuttle Atlantis’ payload bay and installed it onto the temporary claw fixture on the Destiny laboratory. The image was taken with a digital still camera.
Bursch and Ochoa at the SSRMS controls in Destiny during S0 Truss installation on the ISS
STS066-13-014 (3-14 Nov.  1994) --- On the space shuttle Atlantis' aft flight deck, astronaut Ellen Ochoa, payload commander,  has just completed an operation at the controls for the Remote Manipulator System (RMS) arm while working in chorus with astronaut Donald R. McMonagle. McMonagle, mission commander, is seen here at his station on the forward flight deck. An RMS operations checklist floats in front of Ochoa. Photo credit: NASA
Astronaut Ellen Ochoa at RMS controls on aft flight deck
STS096-364-002 (27 May - 6 June 1999) --- Astronaut Ellen Ochoa floats through the tunnel that connected the STS-96 crew to the International Space Station (ISS) for several days in late May and early June 1999. The crew members eventually transferred several thousand pounds of supplies from Discovery to the ISS.  Some of the gear can be seen behind Ochoa.
Ellen Ochoa floats through transfer tunnel from Spacehab
STS110-E-5186 (11 April 2002) --- Astronauts Ellen Ochoa (foreground), STS-110 mission specialist, and Daniel W. Bursch, Expedition Four flight engineer, work the controls of the Canadarm2 in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS). Ochoa and Bursch used the robotic arm to lift the S0 (S-Zero) Truss out of Space Shuttle Atlantis? payload bay and installed it onto the temporary claw fixture on the Destiny laboratory. The image was taken with a digital still camera. Photo credit: NASA
Bursch and Ochoa at the SSRMS controls in Destiny during S0 Truss installation on the ISS
The STS-56 crew portrait includes five astronauts.  Seated from the left are Stephen S. Oswald, pilot; and  Kenneth D. Cameron, commander.  Standing, from the left, are mission specialists Kenneth D. Cockrell, C. Michael Foal, and Ellen Ochoa.  The crew launched aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery on April 8, 1993 at 1:29:00 am (EDT) with the Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science-2 (ATLAS-2) as the primary payload.
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S110-E-5010 (8 April 2002) --- Astronaut Ellen Ochoa, STS-110 mission specialist, goes over a procedures checklist on the mid deck of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. The image was taken with at digital still camera.
MS Ochoa reads a notebook on the middeck of Atlantis during STS-110
S94-40061 (23 June 1994) --- Secured in a collapsible seat on the middeck of a Shuttle trainer, astronaut Ellen Ochoa, payload commander, participates in a rehearsal of procedures to be followed during launch and entry phases of the scheduled November flight of STS-66.  This rehearsal, held in the crew compartment trainer of the Johnson Space Center's (JSC) Shuttle Mockup and Integration Laboratory, was followed by a training session on emergency egress procedures.  In November Ochoa will join four other NASA astronauts and a European mission specialist for a week and a half aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis in Earth-orbit in support of the Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science (ATLAS-3).
Astronaut Ellen Ochoa in middeck during launch/entry training
S96-E-5116 (1 June 1999) --- Astronauts Daniel T. Barry and Ellen Ochoa, both misison specialists, are pictured onboard the Space Shuttle Discovery early on June 1.  Most of the seven crew members later moved over to the International Space Station (ISS) to  perform tasks designed to ready the station for human tended operations.  The scene was recorded with an electronic still camera (ESC) at 04:12:12 GMT, June 1, 1999.
Daniel Barry and Ellen Ochoa on middeck with food
S96-E-5031 (29 May 1999) --- Astronaut Ellen Ochoa and cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev return to the space shuttle Discovery after a brief intravehicular trip to the Pressurized Mating Adapter 2 (PMA 2) on flight day four.  The photo was recorded with an electronic still camera (ESC) at 07:02:52 GMT, May 29, 1999. Photo credit: NASA
Ellen Ochoa and Valeri Tokarev prior to entry into the Spacehab
Director of the NASA Johnson Space Center Ellen Ochoa shares her experiences during a program titled "Sally Ride: How Her Historic Space Mission Opened Doors for Women in Science" held on Friday, May 17, 2013 at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Sally Ride Women in Science Panel
Director of the NASA Johnson Space Center Ellen Ochoa shares her experiences during a program titled "Sally Ride: How Her Historic Space Mission Opened Doors for Women in Science" held on Friday, May 17, 2013 at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Sally Ride Women in Science Panel
STS096-364-015 (27 May - 6 June 1999) --- Onboard the Russian-built Zarya module, astronauts Julie Payette (left) and Ellen Ochoa handle a portion of the supplies which have been moved over from the docked Discovery.  Payette represents the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).
Ellen Ochoa and Julie Payette transfer stowage into FGB/Zarya module
S96-E-5002 (29 MAY 1999) --- With the aid of a lamp, cosmonaut Valery Tokarev and astronaut Ellen Ochoa participate in the activation of SPACEHAB on Flight Day 2.  The photo was recorded with an electronic still camera (ESC) at 07:18:06 GMT, May 29, 1999.
Ellen Ochoa and Valeri Tokarev prepare for Node 1/Unity ingress
STS110-E-5091 (9 April 2002) --- Astronauts Ellen Ochoa (left) and Michael J. Bloomfield, STS-110 mission specialist and mission commander, respectively, are photographed on the mid deck of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. The image was taken with a digital still camera.
Commander Bloomfield and MS Ochoa pose on the middeck of Atlantis during STS-110
STS110-E-5028 (8 April 2002) --- Astronauts Michael J. Bloomfield (right) and Ellen Ochoa, STS-110 mission commander and mission specialist, respectively, eat a meal on the mid deck of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. The image was taken with a digital still camera.
MS Ochoa and Commander Bloomfield eat on the middeck of Atlantis during STS-110
S96-E-5022 (29 May 1999) --- Astronaut Ellen Ochoa and cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev read over flight data in preparation for post-docking activity.  Shortly after the Discovery  linked with the orbiting International   Space Station (ISS), Ochoa and Tokarev,  a mission specialist representing the Russian Space Agency (RSA), briefly went into the Pressurized Mating Adapter (PMA-2).  This photo was taken with an electronic still camera (ESC)at 5:53:37 GMT, May 29, 1999.
Ellen Ochoa and Valeri Tokarev prepare to open hatch from PMA2 into Node 1
S90-45814 (1990) --- Soon after being named an astronaut candidate, Class of 1990, Ellen Ochoa is about to take a familiarization ride in a NASA T-38 jet trainer.  Photo credit: NASA
Group 13, 1990 ASCAN Ochoa in T-38 cockpit during Ellington flight training
Tom Costello from NBC News moderates a panel discussion titled "Sally Ride: How Her Historic Space Mission Opened Doors for Women in Science" as Director of the NASA Johnson Space Center Ellen Ochoa looks on at the National Air and Space Museum on Friday, May 17, 2013 in Washington.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Sally Ride Women in Science Panel
Director of the NASA Johnson Space Center Ellen Ochoa talks as Tom Costello from NBC News moderates a panel discussion titled "Sally Ride: How Her Historic Space Mission Opened Doors for Women in Science" at the National Air and Space Museum on Friday, May 17, 2013 in Washington.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Sally Ride Women in Science Panel
STS056-30-021 (8-17 April 1993) --- Astronaut Ellen Ochoa uses a 70mm handheld camera to record an ocean scene during the ATLAS 2 mission aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery.  The mission specialist, along with four other NASA astronauts, spent nine days in space in support of the ATLAS 2 mission.
STS-56 MS3 Ochoa points HASSELBLAD 70mm camera out OV-103's overhead window
ISS004-E-9991 (10 April 2002) --- Astronaut Ellen Ochoa, STS-110 mission specialist, is photographed near a Destiny laboratory window on the International Space Station (ISS). Portions of the Space Shuttle Atlantis and the Canadarm2 are visible through the window.
MS Ochoa at U.S. Lab nadir window during STS-110, Expedition Four joint OPS
ISS004-E-10047 (16 April 2002) --- Astronaut Ellen Ochoa, STS-110 mission specialist, looks through the Earth observation window in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS). Portions of the space shuttle Atlantis and the Canadarm2 are visible through the window.
STS-110 MS Ochoa at nadir window in U.S. Lab during Expedition Four
ISS004-E-9962 (10 April 2002) --- Astronauts Rex J. Walheim (left), Ellen Ochoa, and Lee M. E. Morin, all STS-110 mission specialists, are photographed in the Destiny laboratory on the International Space Station (ISS).
STS-110 MS Walheim, Ochoa, and Morin in U.S. Destiny Lab during Expedition Four
U.S. Senator Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., left, talks with NASA Johnson Space Center Director and former Astronaut Ellen Ochoa as other astronauts look on prior to the National Tribute to Sally Ride at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Monday, May 20, 2013 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Sally Ride Tribute
Panel discussion participants, from left, Linda Billings, research professor, Media and Public Affairs, The George Washington University, Ellen Ochoa, director, NASA Johnson Space Center, Tom Costello, NBC News and moderator for the event, Margaret Weitekamp, space history curator, National Air and Space Museum, Dan Vergano, science writer for USA Today, and Rene McCormick, director of standards and quality, National Math and Science Initiative, are seen during a program titled "Sally Ride: How Her Historic Space Mission Opened Doors for Women in Science" held on Friday, May 17, 2013 at the National Air and Space Museum in Washington.  Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Sally Ride Women in Science Panel
At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Complex 37, Johnson Space Center Director Ellen Ochoa speaks to members of the news media as the Orion spacecraft and its United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket were being prepared for launch. Behind Ochoa is United Launch Alliance CEO Tory Bruno.
Charlie Bolden Talks to Media About Orion Mission
From left, astronauts Pam Melroy; Kay Hire; Cady Coleman; Kathy Sullivan; Tam O'Shaughnessy, Sally Ride's life partner and chair, board of directors of Sally Ride Science; astronauts Bonnie Dunbar; Sandy Magnus; Julie Payette; and Ellen Ochoa, pose for a photograph before a National Tribute to Sally Ride at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Monday, May 20, 2013 in Washington. Photo Credit: (NASA/Bill Ingalls)
Sally Ride Tribute
JOHNSON SPACE CENTER, HOUSTON, TEXAS. --  (JSC 597-01586) -- Official portrait of astronaut Ellen S. Ochoa, mission specialist
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S99-05972 (7 June 1999) --- Astronaut Ellen Ochoa, mission specialist, speaks  to crowd on hand at welcome ceremonies  following crew arrival at Ellington Field.
STS-96 crew return ceremony at Ellington Field, June 7, 1999
In the Space Shuttle Atlantis facility at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, Astronaut Scholarship Foundation Chairman Dan Brandenstein, left, also a Hall of Fame astronaut, presents inductee Ellen Ochoa with her hall of fame medal. Former Johnson Space Center Director Mike Coats, right, a Hall of Fame member, presented Ochoa for induction. During this year's ceremonies, space shuttle astronaut Michael Foale also was enshrined.
2017 Astronaut Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Complex 37, Johnson Space Center Director Ellen Ochoa speaks to members of the news media as the Orion spacecraft and its United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket were being prepared for launch. Behind Ochoa, from the left, are NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden, United Launch Alliance CEO Tory Bruno, Lockheed Martin Orion Program Manager Mike Hawes and Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana.
Charlie Bolden Talks to Media About Orion Mission
STS056-29-019 (8-17 April 1993) --- Astronaut Ellen Ochoa, STS-56 mission specialist, takes a brief time out from a busy day in space to play a 15-minute set of flute offerings on the space shuttle Discovery's aft flight deck.  Ochoa, who has played the flute for 25 years, performed the Marine Corps Hymn, Navy Hymn and God Save the Queen for fellow crew members as well as some Vivaldi for herself. Photo credit: NASA
Candid view of a crewmember playing a flute in the aft flight deck.
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Complex 37, Johnson Space Center Director Ellen Ochoa speaks to members of the news media as the Orion spacecraft and its United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket were being prepared for launch. Behind Ochoa is United Launch Alliance CEO Tory Bruno. For more information, visit www.nasa.gov/orion. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
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In the Space Shuttle Atlantis facility at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, Astronaut Scholarship Foundation Chairman Dan Brandenstein, left, also a Hall of Fame astronaut, presents inductee Ellen Ochoa with her hall of fame medal. Former Johnson Space Center Director Mike Coats, right, a Hall of Fame member, presented Ochoa for induction. During this year's ceremonies, space shuttle astronaut Michael Foale also was enshrined.
2017 Astronaut Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Photographic documentation showing the STS-96 crew return ceremony at Ellington Field. Views include: pilot Rick D. Husband with his two children, Mission Specialist (MS) Daniel T. Barry is partially visible behind him (05966); MS Ellen Ochoa holds a baby (05967); slanted side view of the stage with mission commander Kent V. Rominger at the podium, and seated behind him (left to right): Mr. George Abbey, JSC director, MS Valery Tokarev, MS Julie Payette, MS Daniel T. Barry, MS Ellen Ochoa, MS Tamara E. Jernigan and pilot Rick D. Husband (05968); Payette sign photographs for visitors (05969); Tokarev at the podium (05970); Husband at the podium (05971); Ochoa at the podium (05972); Rominger at the podium (05973); Tokarev signs photographs for visitors (05974); front, wide shot showing MS Tamara E. Jernigan at the podium, and seated behind her (left to right); Mr. George Abbey, MS Valery Tokarev, MS Julie Payette, MS Daniel T. Barry, MS Ellen Ochoa, pilot Rick D. Husband and mission commander Kent V. Rominger (05975); Jernigan signs photographs for visitors (05976).
STS-96 crew return ceremony at Ellington Field, June 7, 1999
Date: 03-27-15 Location: Bldg 30 South, FCR-1 Subject: Former Arizona Congresswoman Gabby Giffords with Astronaut Mike Fossum and JSC Center Director Ellen Ochoa Photographer: James Blair /  NASA
Date: 03-27-15.Location: Bldg 30 South, FCR-1.Subject: Former Arizona Congresswoman Gabby Giffords with Astronaut Mike Fossum and JSC Center Director Ellen Ochoa.Photographer: James Blair / NASA
In the Space Shuttle Atlantis facility at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, space shuttle astronauts Michael Foale left, and, Ellen Ochoa, pose with their plaques after being inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame.
2017 Astronaut Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
Date: 03-27-15 Location: Bldg 30 South, FCR-1 Subject: Former Arizona Congresswoman Gabby Giffords with Astronaut Mike Fossum and JSC Center Director Ellen Ochoa Photographer: James Blair /  NASA
Date: 03-27-15.Location: Bldg 30 South, FCR-1.Subject: Former Arizona Congresswoman Gabby Giffords with Astronaut Mike Fossum and JSC Center Director Ellen Ochoa.Photographer: James Blair / NASA
JSC2000-06252 (September 2000) --- Holding logos, flight director Kelly Beck and spacecraft communicator (CAPCOM) Ellen Ochoa pose with the flight control team that supported Orbit 2 during the STS-106 mission.
STS-106 Orbit 1 Flight Team with flight director Kelly Beck in WFCR
Date: 03-27-15 Location: Bldg 30 South, FCR-1 Subject: Former Arizona Congresswoman Gabby Giffords with Astronaut Mike Fossum and JSC Center Director Ellen Ochoa Photographer: James Blair /  NASA
Date: 03-27-15.Location: Bldg 30 South, FCR-1.Subject: Former Arizona Congresswoman Gabby Giffords with Astronaut Mike Fossum and JSC Center Director Ellen Ochoa.Photographer: James Blair / NASA
JSC2002-E-14074 (20 April 2002) --- Astronaut Ellen Ochoa, STS-110 mission specialist, speaks from the lectern in Hangar 990 at Ellington Field during the crew return ceremonies. Photo credit: NASA
STS-110 Crew Return at Ellington Field, Hangar 990
At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Complex 37, Johnson Space Center Director Ellen Ochoa speaks to members of the news media as the Orion spacecraft and its United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket were being prepared for launch on Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1) on Dec. 3, 2014. Behind Ochoa, from the left, are NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden, United Launch Alliance CEO Tory Bruno, Lockheed Martin Orion Program Manager Mike Hawes and Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana. Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.
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STS096-380-019 (27 May - 6 June 1999) --- The seven crew members for the STS-96 mission pose for the traditional inflight crew portrait in the hatch way of the U.S.-built Unity node for the International Space Station (ISS).  From to left to right, bottom, are astronauts Daniel T. Barry, Julie Payette and Ellen Ochoa.  On top are cosmonaut Valery I. Tokarev, along with astronauts Tamara E. Jernigan and Kent V. Rominger.  Astronaut Rick D. Husband is between Rominger and Ochoa. Payette represents the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) and Tokarev is with the Russian Space Agency (RSA).
STS-96 In-flight crew portrait in the Node 1/Unity module
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Complex 37, Johnson Space Center Director Ellen Ochoa speaks to members of the news media as the Orion spacecraft and its United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket were being prepared for launch. Behind Ochoa, from the left, are NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden, United Launch Alliance CEO Tory Bruno, Lockheed Martin Orion Program Manager Mike Hawes and Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana. For more information, visit www.nasa.gov/orion. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. --   STS-110 Mission Specialist Ellen Ochoa grins after suiting up for launch, scheduled for 4:40 p.m. EDT (20:40 GMT).   Ochoa is making her fourth Shuttle flight.  STS-110 is the 13th assembly flight to the International Space Station, carrying the S0 Integrated Truss Structure and Mobile Transporter (MT).  On the 11-day mission, the mission features four spacewalks to attach the S0 truss, which will become the backbone of the Space Station, to the U.S. Lab, "Destiny."   The  MT, a space "railcar," is attached to the truss segment and will make its debut run during the flight
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S94-40095 (23 June 1994) --- Jean-Francois Clervoy (center), STS-66 international mission specialist, chats with payload crew mates during a training session on emergency egress procedures.  Wearing training versions of the launch and entry suits (LES), the crew members are, left to right, Scott E. Parazynski, Joseph P. Tanner, Clervoy and Ellen Ochoa.  Ochoa is payload commander; Tanner and Parazynski are NASA mission specialists and Clervoy represents the European Space Agency (ESA) as a mission specialist.  Six astronauts will spend a week and a half aboard the Space Shuttle Atlantis in Earth-orbit in support of the Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science (ATLAS-3).
Astronaut Jean-Francois Clervoy chats with STS-66 crewmates
U.S. Senator for Texas Ted Cruz visits Orion at the Johnson Space Center in Houston on Feb. 8, 2013. Johnson Space Center Director Dr. Ellen Ochoa discussed Orion progress with the Senator. Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.
Senator Cruz Visits Orion
JSC2007-E-023806 (12 May 2007) --- Following the Expedition 14 crew return at Ellington Field, cosmonaut Mikhail Tyurin, Expedition 14 flight engineer, is greeted by JSC Deputy Director Ellen Ochoa. JSC Director Michael L. Coats and Mrs. Coats are visible in the background.  Photo credit: NASA
Expedition 14 Crew Return at Ellington Field
In the Space Shuttle Atlantis facility at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, guests sit under the famed spacecraft during the U.S. Hall of Fame activity. During this year's ceremonies, space shuttle astronauts Ellen Ochoa and Michael Foale were enshrined.
2017 Astronaut Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
U.S. Senator for Texas Ted Cruz visits Orion at the Johnson Space Center in Houston on Feb. 8, 2013. Orion Program Manager Mark Geyer and Johnson Space Center Director Dr. Ellen Ochoa discussed Orion progress with the Senator. Part of Batch image transfer
Senator Cruz Visits Orion
U.S. Senator for Texas Ted Cruz visits Orion at the Johnson Space Center in Houston on Feb. 8, 2013. Orion Program Manager Mark Geyer and Johnson Space Center Director Dr. Ellen Ochoa discussed Orion progress with the Senator. Part of Batch image transfer
Senator Cruz Visits Orion
U.S. Senator for Texas Ted Cruz visits Orion at the Johnson Space Center in Houston on Feb. 8, 2013. Orion Program Manager Mark Geyer and Johnson Space Center Director Dr. Ellen Ochoa discussed Orion progress with the Senator. Part of Batch image transfer
Senator Cruz Visits Orion
U.S. Senator for Texas Ted Cruz visits Orion at the Johnson Space Center in Houston on Feb. 8, 2013. Orion Program Manager Mark Geyer and Johnson Space Center Director Dr. Ellen Ochoa discussed Orion progress with the Senator. Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.
Senator Cruz Visits Orion
Ellen Ochoa, who was a mission specialist on four space shuttle missions, speaks during the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame ceremony. She is now director of NASA's Johnson Space Center. The activity took place in the Space Shuttle Atlantis facility at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida.
2017 Astronaut Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
U.S. Senator for Texas Ted Cruz visits Orion at the Johnson Space Center in Houston on Feb. 8, 2013. Orion Program Manager Mark Geyer and Johnson Space Center Director Dr. Ellen Ochoa discussed Orion progress with the Senator. Part of Batch image transfer
Senator Cruz Visits Orion
U.S. Senator for Texas Ted Cruz visits Orion at the Johnson Space Center in Houston on Feb. 8, 2013. Orion Program Manager Mark Geyer and Johnson Space Center Director Dr. Ellen Ochoa discussed Orion progress with the Senator. Part of Batch image transfer
Senator Cruz Visits Orion
JSC2001-E-12474 (April 2001) --- Astronaut Ellen Ochoa, at the Spacecraft Communicator (CAPCOM) console in the flight control room of Houston's Mission Control Center, watches monitors and displays while communicating with the Space Shuttle Endeavour crew in space.
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NASA's Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, also a member of the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame, honored Ellen Ochoa and Michael Foale during ceremonies on May 19, 2017. The activity took place in the Space Shuttle Atlantis facility at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida.
2017 Astronaut Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
The European Service Module Structural Test Article (in the background) photographed at the Space Power Facility at NASA Glenn Research Center's Plum Brook Station in Sandusky, Ohio on Nov. 30, 2015. Group photo (including JSC Director Ellen Ochoa) taken in front of structure. Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.
European Service Module Testing
U.S. Senator for Texas Ted Cruz visits Orion at the Johnson Space Center in Houston on Feb. 8, 2013. Johnson Space Center Director Dr. Ellen Ochoa discussed Orion progress with the Senator. Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.
Senator Cruz Visits Orion
The Orion team gathers at Space Center Houston on May 20, 2015 to celebrate their accomplishments on Orion's first flight, Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1). JSC Director Ellen Ochoa speaks at the podium. Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.
Orion recognizes Houston team members
S96-E-5168 (02 June 1999) --- The  seven crew members for STS-96 pose for  an inflight crew portrait at the completion of their assigned chores on the International Space Station (ISS).  At bottom center is  astronaut Kent V. Rominger, mission commander.  He is flanked by astronauts Daniel T. Barry   and Ellen Ochoa, mission specialists.  Also pictured are cosmonaut Valery I.  Tokaerev (just above Barry at left);  and astronauts Tamara Jernigan and Julie Payette, all mission specialists.  Astronaut Rick D. Husband, pilot, is  between Payette and Ochoa. Tokarev represents the Russian Space Agency (RSA) and Payette is with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA).  The photograph was taken with an electronic still camera (ESC) at 11:02:32 GMT,  June 2, 1999.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA.  -- STS-110 Mission Specialist Ellen Ochoa  has final suit preparations - In the White Room before entering Space Shuttle Atlantis for launch.  The White Room  provides entry into the cockpit area of the orbiter.  This is Ochoa's fourth Shuttle flight.  On this 13th assembly flight to the International Space Station, STS-110 is carrying the S0 Integrated Truss Structure and Mobile Transporter (MT).  During the 11-day mission, astronauts will make four spacewalks to attach the S0 truss, which will become the backbone of the Space Station, to the U.S. Lab, "Destiny."   The  MT, a space "railcar," is attached to the truss segment and will make its debut run during the flight.  Launch is scheduled for 4:40 p.m. EDT (20:40 GMT).
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At the Cape Canaveral Air Station Skid Strip, STS-96 crew members and their families board a plane to return to the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. From left are the son, Ivan, and wife, Irina, of Mission Specialist Valery Ivanovich Tokarev (carrying a duffel bag); and Mission Specialist Ellen Ochoa, holding her son, Wilson Miles-Ochoa. Other crew members also returning are Commander Kent V. Rominger, Pilot Rick D. Husband, and Mission Specialists Tamara E. Jernigan (Ph.D.), Daniel Barry (M.D., Ph.D.) and Julie Payette (with the Canadian Space Agency). After a successful 10-day mission to the International Space Station aboard Space Shuttle Discovery, the crew landed June 6 at 2:02:43 a.m. EDT, in the 11th night landing at KSC
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STS-96 Mission Specialist Ellen Ochoa (Ph.D.), holding her son, Wilson Miles-Ochoa , leaves the bus at the Cape Canaveral Air Station Skid Strip. The STS-96 crew members are preparing to return to the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, after a successful 10-day mission to the International Space Station aboard Space Shuttle Discovery. The crew landed June 6 at 2:02:43 a.m. EDT, in the 11th night landing at KSC. Other crew members also returning are Commander Kent V. Rominger, Pilot Rick D. Husband, and Mission Specialists Tamara Jernigan (Ph.D.), Daniel Barry (M.D., Ph.D.), Julie Payette (with the Canadian Space Agency) and Valery Ivanovich Tokarev (with the Russian Space Agency)
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Photographic documentation of the crew of STS-96 conducting bailout training in the Neutral Buoyancy Lab (NBL) pool. Images include: an unidentifiable astronaut in an orange Launch and Entry Suit and helmet being dropped into the pool during training (00580); Mission Specialist (MS) Julie Payette being suspended above the NBL pool prior to being dropped (00581); Julie Payette in her floatation device in the NBL pool (00582-7); Flight Commander Kent Rominger in a blue Launch and Entry Suit (LES) being suspended over the NBL pool prior to being dropped (00589); Mission Specialist (MS) Ellen Ochoa in an orange LES being suspended over the NBL pool prior to being dropped (00590); Pilot Rick D. Husband and MS Daniel T. Barry in floatation devices (00591); closeups of Julie Payette prior to being lifted above the NBL pool (00592-3); MS Tamara E. Jernigan in her floatation device (00594); Julie Payette talking with a NASA employee prior to being raised over the pool (00595); Husband in an orange LES and helmet seated at the poolside talking with a NASA employee (00596); Kominger in his floatation device (00597-8); Barry being assisted with his floatation device at the poolside (00599); Ochoa in her orange LES with helmet talking to NASA personnel at the poolside (00600); Husband in his floatation device operating a transmitter (00601); Rominger splashing Husband (00602); Husband in his floatation device (00603); Barry in an orange LES suspended over the NBL pool prior to being dropped (00604); Ochoa in her floatation device (00605, 00607-8); and Ochoa suspended over the NBL pool with part of her floatation device already inflated (00606).
The crew of STS-96 during bailout training in the Neutral Buoyancy Lab
Pre-Service Teachers visit Ames. In no particular order are; Jacqueline Aleman, Christine Bueno, MyKou Chang, Bruce Chavez, Shayna Dobbins, Gail Empert, Amanda Forkey, Shelby Freitas, Ada Gaeta, Nancy Khang, Lisa Marshall, Courtney Menard, Elizabeth Ochoa, Shayna Patete, Kylie Rodriguez, Lanell Stanton, Mor Thor, Jane Vang, Yer Vue, Keri, Watkins, PaHoua Xiong.
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ISS004-E-9967 (10 April 2002) --- Astronauts Lee M. E. Morin (left foreground) and Ellen Ochoa, both STS-110 mission specialists; along with astronaut Stephen N. Frick (left background), STS-110 pilot, cosmonaut Yury I. Onufrienko, Expedition Four mission commander, and astronaut Rex J. Walheim, STS-110 mission specialist, are photographed in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS).
STS-110 and Expedition Four crews gather in the Zvezda SM on first day of joint OPS
At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Complex 37, NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden speaks to members of the news media as the Orion spacecraft and its United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket are being prepared for launch. Behind Bolden, from the left, are United Launch Alliance CEO Tory Bruno, Lockheed Martin Orion Program Manager Mike Hawes partially hidden behind Bolden, Johnson Space Center Director Ellen Ochoa and Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana.
Charlie Bolden Talks to Media About Orion Mission
In the Space Shuttle Atlantis facility at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, Astronaut Scholarship Foundation Chairman Dan Brandenstein, left, also a Hall of Fame astronaut, presents inductee Michael Foale with his hall of fame medal. Former NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden, right, a Hall of Fame member, presented Foale for induction. During this year's ceremonies, space shuttle astronaut Ellen Ochoa also was enshrined.
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Congressman Steve Stockman, Texas 36th district, and Congressman Randy Weber, Texas 14th district, visit NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston on Feb. 20, 2013. Orion Program Manager Mark Geyer and Johnson Space Center Director Dr. Ellen Ochoa discussed the status and accomplishments of the Orion program.  Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.
Texas Congressmen visit Orion
JSC2002-E-34625 (21 Aug. 2002) --- Astronaut Sandra H. Magnus (left), STS-112 mission specialist, uses the virtual reality lab at NASA?s Johnson Space Center (JSC) to train for her duties aboard the space shuttle Atlantis. This type of computer interface paired with virtual reality training hardware and software helps to prepare the entire team for dealing with ISS elements. Lead SSRMS instructor Elizabeth C. Bloomer assisted Magnus. Astronaut Ellen Ochoa (standing) looks on. Photo credit: NASA
Photographic coverage of STS-112 during EVA 3 in VR Lab.
At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Complex 37, Lockheed Martin Orion Program manager Mike Hawes speaks to members of the news media as the Orion spacecraft and its United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket were being prepared for launch. Behind Hawes, from the left, are NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden, United Launch Alliance CEO Tory Bruno, Johnson Space Center Director Ellen Ochoa and Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana.
Charlie Bolden Talks to Media About Orion Mission
Clouds over the Atlantic Ocean serve as the backdrop for this 70mm scene of the Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometers and Telescopes for the Atmosphere (CRISTA), attached to the Shuttle Pallet System (SPAS). CRISTA-SPAS was in the grasp of the Space Shuttle Atlantis Remote Manipulator System (RMS) arm. The crew deployed the Crista-SPAS on November 4, 1994 and the tandem remained in free-flight until November 12, 1994 when it was retrieved by the Canadian-built RMS, controlled by payload commander Ellen Ochoa.
CRISTA-SPAS payload in the payload bay of STS-66 shuttle Atlantis
At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Complex 37, United Launch Alliance CEO Tory Bruno, Johnson Space Center Director Ellen Ochoa and Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, foreground with backs to the camera, get a close-up view of the United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket being prepared to launch NASA's Orion spacecraft on its first flight test.
Charlie Bolden Talks to Media About Orion Mission
ISS004-E-9968 (10 April 2002) --- Astronauts Lee M. E. Morin (left foreground) and Ellen Ochoa, both STS-110 mission specialists, cosmonaut Yury I. Onufrienko (left background), Expedition Four mission commander, and astronaut Rex J. Walheim, STS-110 mission specialist, are photographed in the Zvezda Service Module on the International Space Station (ISS).
STS-110 and Expedition Four crews gather in the Zvezda SM on first day of joint OPS
At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Complex 37, NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden speaks to members of the news media as the Orion spacecraft and its United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket were being prepared for launch on Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1) on Dec. 3, 2014. Behind Bolden, from the left, are Lockheed Martin Orion Program Manager Mike Hawes and Johnson Space Center Director Ellen Ochoa.  Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.
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jsc2024e067098 (10/15/2024) --- James Martin High School students Kaleb Kim, Camilo Henao, Grant Hester, Ethan Chen and Sophia Lin Ochoa streamline germination parameters for their experiment, Germination of Pisum sativum in Microgravity. Their experimen is part of the Nanoracks-National Center for Earth and Space Science Education-Surveyor-Student Spaceflight Experiments Program Mission 18 to ISS (Nanoracks-NCESSE-Surveyor-SSEP).
Preflight Imagery for Nanoracks-NCESSE-Surveyor-SSEP
STS066-56-015 (3-14 Nov 1994) --- On the Space Shuttle Atlantis' flight deck, the six crew members pose for the traditional in-flight crew portrait.  They include, left to right in lower frame, astronauts Joseph R. Tanner, mission specialist; Donald R. McMonagle, mission commander; Scott E. Parazynski, mission specialist; and Curtis L. Brown, pilot.  Floating at top frame are Ellen Ochoa, payload commander; and Jean-François Clervoy, mission specialist, representing the European Space Agency (ESA).
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STS056-S-002 (January 1993) --- The five NASA astronauts assigned to fly aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery for the STS-56\Atlas-2 mission are pictured in training versions of their partial-pressure launch and entry garments. Left to right are astronauts Kenneth D. Cockrell, Steven S. Oswald, C. Michael Foale, Kenneth D. Cameron and Ellen Ochoa. Cameron is mission commander; Oswald, pilot; while the other three will serve as mission specialists.
STS-56 Discovery, OV-103, official crew portrait
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Complex 37, United Launch Alliance CEO Tory Bruno, Johnson Space Center Director Ellen Ochoa and Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana, foreground with backs to the camera, get a close-up view of the United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket being prepared to launch NASA's Orion spacecraft on its first flight test. For more information, visit www.nasa.gov/orion. Photo credit: NASA/Kim Shiflett
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At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Complex 37, United Launch Alliance CEO Tory Bruno speaks to members of the news media as the Orion spacecraft and its United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket were being prepared for launch. Behind Bruno, from the left, are NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden, Lockheed Martin Orion Program Manager Mike Hawes and Johnson Space Center Director Ellen Ochoa.
Charlie Bolden Talks to Media About Orion Mission
STS056-S-052 (8 April 1993) --- A nocturnal scene shows the Space Shuttle Discovery leaving the Launch Pad to begin the Atlas-2 mission in Earth-orbit.  Launch occurred at 1:29 a.m. (EDT), April 8.  Onboard were astronauts Kenneth D. Cameron, Stephen S. Oswald, C. Michael Foale, Kenneth D. Cockrell and Ellen Ochoa.
STS-56 Discovery, OV-103, lifts off from KSC LC Pad 39B into darkness
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. --  STS-110 Mission Specialist Ellen Ochoa has a final check of her launch and entry suit in preparation for launch April 4.  This flight will be her fourth.  The STS-110 payload includes the S0 Integrated Truss Structure (ITS), the Canadian Mobile Transporter, power distribution system modules, a heat pipe radiator for cooling, computers and a pair of rate gyroscopes.  The 11-day mission is the 13th assembly flight to the ISS and includes four spacewalks to attach the S0 truss to the U.S. Lab Destiny
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The NASA/Lockheed Martin leadership team watches the Exploration Flight Test-1 (EFT-1) launch outside Hanger AE at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida on Dec. 5, 2014. Johnson Space Center Director Ellen Ochoa, Orion Program Manager Mark Geyer, NASA Administrator Charles Bolden and Jackie Bolden, Orion Deputy Program Manager Mark Kirasich, NASA Astronaut John Casper. Part of Batch image transfer from Flickr.
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At Cape Canaveral Air Force Station's Launch Complex 37, Kennedy Space Center Director Bob Cabana speaks to members of the news media as the Orion spacecraft and its United Launch Alliance Delta IV Heavy rocket were being prepared for launch. On the right, behind Cabana is Johnson Space Center Director Ellen Ochoa.
Charlie Bolden Talks to Media About Orion Mission
In the Space Shuttle Atlantis facility at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex in Florida, Astronaut Scholarship Foundation Chairman Dan Brandenstein, left, also a Hall of Fame astronaut, presents inductee Michael Foale with his hall of fame medal. Former NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden, right, a Hall of Fame member, presented Foale for induction. During this year's ceremonies, space shuttle astronaut Ellen Ochoa also was enshrined.
2017 Astronaut Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony