Ellen Ochoa by Jordan

Ellen Ochoa was born on May 10, 1958. She was born in Los Angeles, California. At first she wanted to be musician and then the first women astronaut, Sally Ride went into space which gave Ellen Ochoa the idea of becoming an astronaut. She had to go though lots of training to be an astronaut. some of her astronaut jobs were a mission specialist and a payload commander. She went into space four times. Her first mission was in 1993. Her second mission was in 1994. Her third mission was in 1999. Her last mission was 2002. She is still alive and is telling kids to work hard in school.