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Astronauts are very professional and when they're preparing for launch, they prepare for it as the most serious endeavor of our lives.

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Astronauts are very professional and when they're preparing for launch, they prepare for it as the most serious endeavor of our lives.

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About Ellen Ochoa

Ellen Ochoa (born May 10, 1958) is an American engineer, former astronaut and former director of the Johnson Space Center. In 1993, Ochoa became the first Hispanic woman to go to space when she served on a nine-day mission aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. Ochoa became director of the center upon the retirement of the previous director, Michael Coats, on December 31, 2012. She was the first Hispanic director and the second female director of Johnson Space Center.