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Personal: Female, Married, two children. Born in Los Angeles, California, USA. PhD Astronaut Career Astronaut Group: NASA Group 13 - 1990. Active Entered space service: 17 January 1990. Number of Flights: 4.00. Total Time: 40.82 days.
NASA Official Biography
Ochoa Spaceflight Log
Ochoa Chronology 17 January 1990 - NASA Astronaut Training Group 13 selected.. The group was selected to provide pilot, engineer, and scientist astronauts for space shuttle flights.. Qualifications: Pilots: Bachelor's degree in engineering, biological science, physical science or mathematics. Advanced degree desirable. At least 1,000 flight-hours of pilot-in-command time. Flight test experience desirable. Excellent health. Vision minimum 20/50 uncorrected, correctable to 20/20 vision; maximum sitting blood pressure 140/90. Height between 163 and 193 cm. Mission Specialists: Bachelor's degree in engineering, biological science, physical science or mathematics and minimum three years of related experience or an advanced degree. Vision minimum 20/150 uncorrected, correctable to 20/20. Maximum sitting blood pressure of 140/90. Height between 150 and 193 cm.. Reported to the Johnson Space Center in late July 1990 to begin their year long training. Chosen from 1945 qualified applicants, then 106 finalists screened between September and November 1989. 8 April 1993 - STS-56. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: STS-56. Manned five crew. Carried Atlas-2; deployed and retrieved Spartan 201. Payloads: Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science (ATLAS) 2, Shuttle Solar Backscat-ter Ultraviolet (SSBUV) A, Shuttle Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy (SPARTAN) 201 (Solar Wind Generation Experi-ment), Solar Ultraviolet Experiment (SUVE), Commercial Material Dispersion Apparatus (CMIX), Physiological and Anatomical Rodent Experiment (PARE), Hand-held, Earth-oriented, Real-time, Cooperative, User-friendly, Location-targeting, and Environmental System (HER-CULES), Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX) II, Space Tissue Loss (STL), Air Force Maui Optical Site (AMOS), Cosmic Radiation Effects and Activation Monitor (CREAM), Radiation Monitoring Equipment (RME) III. 17 April 1993 - Landing of STS-56. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: STS-56. STS-56 landed at 11:40 GMT. 3 November 1994 - STS-66. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: STS-66. Carried Atlas-3 laboratory; deployed and retrieved CRISTA-SPAS. Payloads: Atmospheric Laboratory for Applications and Science (ATLAS) 3, Cryogenic Infrared Spectrometers and Telescopes for the Atmo-sphere (CRISTA)-Shuttle Pallet Satellite (SPAS) 1, Experiment of the Sun for Complement-ing the ATLAS Payload for Education (ESCAPE) II, Inter-Mars Tissue Equivalent Proportional Counter (ITEPC), Shuttle Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet (SSBUV) A, Physiological and Anatomical Rodent Experiment (PARE/NIH-R), Protein Crystal Growth (PCG-TES and PCG-STES), Space Tissue Loss (STL/NIH-C-A), Shuttle Acceleration Measurement System (SAMS), Heat Pipe Performance (HPP). 14 November 1994 - Landing of STS-66. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: STS-66. STS-66 landed at 15:34 GMT. 27 May 1999 - STS-96. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: STS-96. Discovery docked at the PMA-2 end of the International Space Station PMA-2/Unity/PMA-1/Zarya stack. The crew transferred equipment from the Spacehab Logistics Double Module in the payload bay to the interior of the station. Tammy Jernigan and Dan Barry made a space walk to transfer equipment from the payload bay to the exterior of the station. The ODS/EAL docking/airlock truss carried two TSA (Tool Stowage Assembly) packets with space walk tools. The Integrated Cargo Carrier (ICC), built by Energia and DASA-Bremen, carried parts of the Strela crane and the US OTD crane as well as the SHOSS box which contains three bags of tools and equipment to be stored on ISS's exterior. The STS-96 payload bay manifest:
On May 30 at 02:56 GMT Tammy Jernigan and Dan Barry entered the payload bay of Discovery from the tunnel adapter hatch, and made a 7 hr 55 min space walk, transferring equipment to the exterior of the station. On May 31 at 01:15 GMT the hatch to Unity was opened and the crew began several days of cargo transfers to the station. Battery units and communications equipment were replaced and sound insulation was added to Zarya. Discovery undocked from ISS at 22:39 GMT on June 3 into a 385 x 399 km x 51.6 degree orbit, leaving the station without a crew aboard. On June 5 the Starshine satellite was ejected from the payload bay. The payload bay doors were closed at around 02:15 GMT on June 6 and the deorbit burn was at 04:54 GMT. Discovery landed on runway 15 at Kennedy Space Center at 06:02 GMT. 27 May 1999 - STS-96 Mission Status Report # 01. Flight: STS-96. Discovery and its multi-national crew of seven astronauts blasted off this morning from the Kennedy Space Center, lighting up the early morning skies as they sped to orbit on the first shuttle mission of the year for the first shuttle docking to the International Space Station. Commander Kent Rominger, Pilot Rick Husband and Mission Specialists Tammy Jernigan, ...more... 27 May 1999 - STS-96 Mission Status Report # 02. Flight: STS-96. The crew of STS-96 was awakened just before 7 p.m. by the Beach Boys' version of "California Dreamin," played for Mission Specialist Tammy Jernigan. Once awake, Discovery's seven-member crew began preparing for its first full day on orbit to ready the vehicle for tomorrow night's docking with the International Space Station and a spacewalk the night after. Commander Kent Rominger, Pilot Rick Husband and Mission Specialists Ellen Ochoa, ...more... 28 May 1999 - STS-96 Mission Status Report # 03. Flight: STS-96. With the Shuttle trailing the station by less than 500 nautical miles and moving closer every orbit, Commander Kent Rominger twice fired Discovery's steering jets to fine tune the Shuttle's approach to the new station. The engine firings were the first in a series that will culminate in a docking with the station planned for 11:24 p.m. Central time today. Down on Discovery's middeck, Flight Engineer Ellen Ochoa and Canadian astronaut Julie Payette opened the tunnel and hatches leading to the Spacehab module in the payload bay. Spacehab is loaded with equipment, clothes and food to be stored aboard the new orbital outpost. Later, Payette and Russian cosmonaut Valery Tokarev temporarily stowed some equipment in the module to free up room in Discovery's cabin. In preparation for Saturday's spacewalk, astronauts Tammy Jernigan and Dan Barry, ...more... 28 May 1999 - STS-96 Mission Status Report # 04. Flight: STS-96. At wake-up, the Shuttle trailed the station by about 120 nautical miles and was closing in by about 41 nautical miles with each orbit of Earth. The final phase of rendezvous will begin when Discovery reaches a point about eight nautical miles directly behind the station and fires its engines in a terminal phase initiation burn at 8:35 p.m. Central. The TI burn, as it is called, will put the Shuttle on a course directly toward the station during the next orbit of Earth. As Discovery moves within about a half-mile of the station, Rominger will take over manual control of the Shuttle's approach, flying Discovery from controls in the aft cockpit. Discovery will arrive at a point about 600 feet directly below the station at about 10:05 p.m. Central, and Rominger will then begin a half-circle of the orbiting outpost. Discovery will pass about 350 feet in front of the station and then move to a point about 250 feet directly above it at about 10:32 p.m. Central. Rominger will then begin to descend toward the station and, at about 10:37 p.m. ...more... 29 May 1999 - STS-96 Mission Status Report # 07. Flight: STS-96. At 4:50 this afternoon, the crew of Discovery awoke to the sound of the Space Center Intermediate Band playing familiar themes from "Star Wars." The music and performers were of particular interest to Mission Specialist Dan Barry because his daughter, Jenny, plays flute in that band. Barry and fellow Mission Specialist Tammy Jernigan are STS-96's own "skywalkers" tonight as they prepare to work outside Discovery during an Extravehicular Activity scheduled to begin shortly after 10 this evening. During the planned six and a half hour space walk, Jernigan and Barry are scheduled ...more... 29 May 1999 - STS-96 Mission Status Report # 06. Flight: STS-96. Having completed the first space shuttle docking with the International Space Station late last night, Discovery's astronauts will go to sleep at 8:50 a.m. Central time to rest up for a space walk late tonight to install a pair of cranes and other gear to the exterior of the orbital complex. Commander Kent Rominger completed a textbook rendezvous and docking with the station ...more... 30 May 1999 - STS-96 Mission Status Report #09. Flight: STS-96. Discovery's astronauts are preparing to enter the International Space Station for the first time in six months following a rousing wakeup call from Mission Control in honor of Memorial Day. The crew is scheduled to climb inside the Unity and Zarya modules mid evening to ...more... 30 May 1999 - STS-96 Mission Status Report # 08. Flight: STS-96. STS-96 Astronauts Tammy Jernigan and Dan Barry completed the second longest space walk in shuttle history at 5:51 a.m. Central time Sunday, accomplishing all of the objectives mapped out for their excursion as well as a couple of unscheduled activities. Today's space walk - the 45th in space shuttle history and the fourth of the International ...more... 31 May 1999 - STS-96 Mission Status Report #11. Flight: STS-96. Discovery's crew of seven awoke to the country and western tune "Amarillo by Morning" to begin flight day six on orbit. The George Strait version was played in honor of Pilot Rick Husband, who is from Amarillo, Texas. Today, most of the crew will be involved in logistics transfer activities within ...more... 31 May 1999 - STS-96 Mission Status Report #10. Flight: STS-96. For the first time in six months, astronauts entered the International Space Station delivering supplies and preparing the outpost to receive its first resident crew, scheduled to arrive in early 2000. Mission Specialists Tammy Jernigan and Russian Space Agency cosmonaut Valery Tokarev ...more... 1 June 1999 - STS-96 Mission Status Report #13. Flight: STS-96. Discovery's crew awakened this afternoon to the classical music selection "Exultate Jubilate" by Mozart. The selection is a favorite of Canadian Space Agency astronaut Julie Payette. Logistics transfer activities will dominate the on-orbit day as all crew members ...more... 1 June 1999 - STS-96 Mission Status Report #12. Flight: STS-96. Discovery's crew headed for its sleep period this morning, reporting significant progress in the transfer of equipment and supplies to the International Space Station after finishing up the planned refurbishment of a battery system in one of the station's modules. Mission Specialist Ellen Ochoa, the "load master" of this resupply mission, radioed ...more... 2 June 1999 - STS-96 Mission Status Report #14. Flight: STS-96. Discovery's seven astronauts have successfully transferred almost two tons of material and equipment to the International Space Station to be used by the first residents of the outpost when they arrive next year. Mission Specialist Ellen Ochoa, who has been coordinating the transfer activities, ...more... 2 June 1999 - STS-96 Mission Status Report #15. Flight: STS-96. Discovery's astronauts will finish their work inside the International Space Station tonight and are scheduled to have all the hatches closed by about 4 a.m. Thursday. Shortly thereafter, the shuttle's small thrusters will be fired to raise the entire complex's orbit in preparation for the undocking and departure set for late tomorrow afternoon. The crew was awakened at 3:50 this afternoon by the Russian song "Vasha Blagarodye" ...more... 4 June 1999 - STS-96 Mission Status Report #18. Flight: STS-96. After leaving the International Space Station behind, Discovery's astronauts were rewarded with several hours of scheduled off-duty time in recognition of their ambitious pace of activities over the past several days. Discovery undocked from ISS at 5:39 p.m. central time yesterday, having delivered ...more... 5 June 1999 - STS-96 Mission Status Report #21. Flight: STS-96. Discovery and its seven-member crew are preparing to return home tonight with landing planned for 1:03 a.m. Central time following a flight that will go into the books as the first docking of a shuttle with the International Space Station. Weather permitting, Discovery's computers will ignite the twin breaking rockets ...more... 6 June 1999 - STS-96 Mission Status Report #22. Flight: STS-96. Discovery's astronauts glided to the 11th night landing in shuttle program history early Sunday, landing at 1:03 a.m. Central time to wrap up a 4 million mile mission to resupply the International Space Station. Discovery swooped out of darkness as Commander Kent Rominger set the shuttle and ...more... 6 June 1999 - Landing of STS-96. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: STS-96. STS-96 landed at 06:02 GMT. 8 April 2002 - STS-110. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: STS-110. Launch delayed from March 22, April 4. Space Shuttle Atlantis entered an orbit of approximately 59 x 229 km x 51.6 deg at 2052 UTC, and separated from the External Tank, ET-114. ET-114 reached apogee around 2122 UTC and reentered over the Pacific about 2150 UTC at the end of its first orbit. Atlantis fired its OMS engines at apogee to raise its perigee to 155 km. Further orbit changes will lead to a rendezvous with the Space Station on Station mission 8A. STS-110 carried the S0 truss segment to the Station. The truss was the first segment of the main backbone of the Station which was to grow to carry the large solar panel wings and radiators. Cargo manifest:
8 April 2002 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #01. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-110. With the International Space Station and the Expedition Four crew orbiting high overhead, the shuttle Atlantis lifted off this afternoon on a complex mission to install a 43-foot long truss structure as the backbone for future expansion of the orbital outpost. Commander Mike Bloomfield, Pilot Steve Frick, Flight Engineer Ellen Ochoa and spacewalkers ...more... 9 April 2002 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #02. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-110. Gaining on the International Space Station by more than 1,000 statute miles each orbit, Atlantis' crew is preparing for a Wednesday docking with the orbiting laboratory. The crew will spend today testing and preparing shuttle equipment that will be used ...more... 9 April 2002 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #03. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-110. Working quietly but efficiently, Atlantis' astronauts completed preparations today for Wednesday's scheduled docking to the International Space Station, testing spacesuits, rendezvous tools and the shuttle's robotic arm. With docking scheduled at 11:06 a.m. Central time (1606 GMT) tomorrow, Commander ...more... 10 April 2002 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #05. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-110. Atlantis gently docked with the International Space Station this morning over southern China, setting the stage for the installation of a 13 1/2 ton truss structure to the complex tomorrow and the ultimate expansion of the ISS to the length of a football field. Commander Mike Bloomfield guided Atlantis to a linkup with the forward docking port ...more... 10 April 2002 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #04. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-110. Atlantis has closed the distance between it and the International Space Station to less than 1,800 statute miles, and is continuing its approach in anticipation of docking with the station at 11:06 a.m. central time today. The linkup should occur as the two spacecraft fly over south-central China, to the southwest of Shanghai. The Atlantis crew, Commander Mike Bloomfield, Pilot Steve Frick and mission specialists Rex Walheim, Ellen Ochoa, Lee Morin, Jerry Ross and Steve Smith, was awakened at 3:44 a.m. by "Rapunzel Got a Mohawk," performed by Joe Scruggs. The song was played for Ochoa, at the request of her family. On board the station, the Expedition 4 crew, Commander Yury Onufrienko and flight ...more... 11 April 2002 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #07. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-110. The expansion of the International Space Station continued today with the installation of the 13 1/2 ton S0 (S-Zero) truss segment on the orbital outpost. Assisted by Expedition Four Flight Engineer Dan Bursch, Atlantis Mission Specialist Ellen Ochoa gently lifted the truss out of the shuttle's payload bay at 5:30 a.m. Central time through the use of the station's robotic arm and maneuvered it onto a clamp at the top of the station's Destiny Laboratory. It took just under four hours to complete the delicate procedure. During the S-Zero installation, Atlantis Commander Mike Bloomfield and Pilot Steve ...more... 11 April 2002 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #06. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-110. Construction of a framework for expanded research begins today as the S-Zero (S0) truss segment is installed on the International Space Station. The truss will provide support for the cooling and power systems necessary to attach additional laboratories to the complex. The Atlantis crew - Commander Mike Bloomfield, Pilot Steve Frick and mission specialists ...more... 12 April 2002 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #09. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-110. The ten crewmembers of the Atlantis / International Space Station complex transferred experiments and supplies into their respective vehicles today as the latest addition to the station, the S-Zero (S0) Truss, continued to pass its initial checkouts with flying colors. Atlantis Commander Mike Bloomfield, Pilot Steve Frick, and Mission Specialists Ellen ...more... 12 April 2002 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #08. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-110. After successful installation of the S-Zero (S0) Truss and a spacewalk on Thursday, the focus of today's activities will shift from external construction of the International Space Station to the transfer of equipment, supplies and experiments between the space shuttle Atlantis and the orbiting laboratory. The Atlantis crew - Commander Mike Bloomfield, Pilot Steve Frick, and mission specialists ...more... 13 April 2002 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #10. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-110. Construction of the International Space Station continues today with the second of four scheduled spacewalks to install the S-Zero (S0) Truss segment. Shuttle astronauts Jerry Ross and Lee Morin will float out of the station's Quest Airlock about 9:34 a.m. The Atlantis crew - Commander Mike Bloomfield, Pilot Steve Frick, and mission specialists ...more... 13 April 2002 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #11. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-110. Two grandfathers completed the structural attachment of the newest component of the International Space Station today, mating two large tripod legs of a 13 ½ ton truss to the station's main laboratory during a 7 hour, 30 minute spacewalk. Dubbed the "Silver Team" by their colleagues because of their age, 54-year old Jerry ...more... 14 April 2002 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #12. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-110. Outfitting of the newest component of the International Space Station continues today with the mission's third spacewalk. Shuttle astronauts Steve Smith and Rex Walheim will continue installation work on the S-Zero (S0) Truss, now permanently attached to the station's U.S. laboratory Destiny. They are scheduled to step out of the station's Quest airlock at 9:34 a.m. Their ...more... 14 April 2002 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #13. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-110. Two astronauts rewired the robotic arm on the International Space Station today and released locking bolts on the first space railcar during a 6 hour, 27 minute spacewalk, the third of Atlantis' assembly flight to the international complex. The stage is now set for the inaugural run Monday of the so-called Mobile Transporter, ...more... 15 April 2002 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #14. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-110. The first space railroad car will get a trial run today, highballing along 26 feet of the track atop the International Space Station's new S-Zero (S0) Truss at a maximum speed of one inch per second, or 100 yards an hour. The 1,900-pound Mobile Transporter begins its run about 6:30 a.m. Ground controllers in mission control will command the Mobile Transporter to move ...more... 15 April 2002 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #15. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-110. The first railcar in space crept down the track of a newly installed truss structure at the International Space Station today, paving the way for the future use of the system on which the station's robotic arm will be mounted to travel the full length of the complex. Expedition Four Flight Engineer Carl Walz sent commands from a laptop computer to ...more... 16 April 2002 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #17. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-110. Atlantis astronauts Jerry Ross and Lee Morin completed the outfitting of the new S-Zero (S0) truss on the International Space Station today during a 6 hour, 37 minute spacewalk, installing a ladder, testing electrical switches for upcoming truss expansion and attaching external lights and equipment to be used in future assembly work. Ross and Morin began the fourth and final spacewalk of the STS-110 mission and the ...more... 16 April 2002 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #16. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-110. Shuttle astronauts Jerry Ross and Lee Morin will make the fourth and final spacewalk of the STS-110 mission of Atlantis today, stepping out of the International Space Station's Quest airlock at 9:34 a.m. Many of their tasks focus on helping future spacewalkers. Work during the 6½-hour spacewalk includes installation a 14-foot beam extending ...more... 17 April 2002 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #19. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-110. Atlantis undocked from the International Space Station this afternoon, pulling away from the complex at 1:31 p.m. Central time as the two craft sailed over the north Atlantic Ocean at an altitude of 247 statute miles. After more than a week of joint operations between the shuttle and station crews, ...more... 17 April 2002 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #18. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-110. Atlantis will leave the International Space Station today after a successful mission to bring the centerpiece of the station's main truss to the orbiting laboratory and four successful spacewalks to connect and outfit it. Farewells and closing of the hatches between the spacecraft is set to begin about ...more... 18 April 2002 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #20. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-110. Now separated from the International Space Station by about 85 statute miles and moving away at about 12 miles with each orbit of the Earth, Atlantis crewmembers turn their attention today to preparing for a return trip home. The crew - Commander Mike Bloomfield, Pilot Steve Frick, Mission Specialists Ellen ...more... 18 April 2002 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #21. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-110. Atlantis' astronauts tested out their ship's systems today and packed their gear, aiming for an early afternoon landing at the Kennedy Space Center Friday to wrap up a 4 ½ million mile mission to deliver a huge backbone truss structure to the International Space Station. Commander Mike Bloomfield, Pilot Steve Frick and Flight Engineer Ellen Ochoa activated ...more... 19 April 2002 - Landing of STS-110. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: STS-110. Atlantis had undocked from ISS at 1831 UTC on April 17. It returned to Earth on April 19, with a deorbit burn at 1518:59 UTC and landing on Runway 33 at KSC at 1626:57 UTC. 19 April 2002 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #22. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-110. After traveling more than 4½ million miles on a successful International Space Station assembly mission that saw four spacewalks during installation of the first segment of the station's main truss, Atlantis is scheduled to land at the Kennedy Space Center today. Atlantis has two landing opportunities at KSC today. The first begins with the firing ...more... 19 April 2002 - STS-110 Mission Status Report #23. Flight: ISS EO-4, STS-110. Atlantis glided to a smooth touchdown today at the Kennedy Space Center, wrapping up a 4 and a half million mile mission to deliver a backbone truss structure to the International Space Station. Commander Mike Bloomfield eased Atlantis to a textbook landing on runway 3-3 at ...more... Bibliography and Further Reading
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