Ellen Ochoa Quotes

• I think of it as a good opportunity to let, in particular, school kids know that this job and other interesting jobs in science and engineering are open to anyone who works hard in school and gets a good education and studies math and science. And that it’s not just for a select group of people.

  Ellen Ochoa

  Topics in Children, Opportunity

  Tags in School

• I was always drawn to teachers who made class interesting. In high school, I enjoyed my American and English literature classes because my teachers, Jeanne Dorsey and Dani Barton, created an environment where interaction was important.

  Ellen Ochoa

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in American, English, Literature

• Being an astronaut is a wonderful career. I feel very privileged. But what I really hope for young people is that they find a career they’re passionate about, something that’s challenging and worthwhile.

  Ellen Ochoa

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Astronaut, Wonderful, Career

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

  Ellen Ochoa

  Topics in Life

  Tags in Astronaut, Serious, Endeavor

• I don’t recall any interest in science in particular. It came later in college.

  Ellen Ochoa

  Topics in College

  Tags in Science, Interest

• I don’t know of any issues associated with alcohol before flight.

  Ellen Ochoa

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Alcohol, Issues

• What everyone in the astronaut corps shares in common is not gender or ethnic background, but motivation, perseverance, and desire – the desire to participate in a voyage of discovery.

  Ellen Ochoa

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Astronaut, Voyage, Discovery, Corps

• Usually, girls weren’t encouraged to go to college and major in math and science. My high school calculus teacher, Ms. Paz Jensen, made math appealing and motivated me to continue studying it in college.

  Ellen Ochoa

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in School, Teacher, Motivated, Myself, Studying

• A hallmark of the Latino community is to help one another, if students are interested in a way to give back and help their communities, becoming a teacher is probably one of the very best ways of doing that.

  Ellen Ochoa

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Latino, Community, Students

• I tell students that the opportunities I had were a result of having a good educational background. Education is what allows you to stand out.

  Ellen Ochoa

  Topics in Education

  Tags in Importance, Students

• I’ll tell you, being involved in human space flight, it is an emotional endeavor. I think it brings in the highest highs and the lowest lows.

  Ellen Ochoa

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Human, Space, Flight, Emotional, Endeavor

• I realized how important it was to know something about aviation, and it was something I was interested in, so I followed my brother’s footsteps and obtained my pilot’s license.

  Ellen Ochoa

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Self, Realized, Aviation

• It’s fun to work the robotic arm in part because it’s really a team effort.

  Ellen Ochoa

  Topics in Work

  Tags in Robotic, Fun

• That’s what we want to do here at Johnson Space Center. I think what we have always brought to NASA and brought to the country is trying to push the boundaries, trying to go to the next level.

  Ellen Ochoa

  Topics in Country

  Tags in Space Center

• The review committee has left it to NASA to determine the scope of these alleged incidents.

  Ellen Ochoa

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Space Center, Review, Committee

• We are constantly emphasizing to people that they need to address anything that affects flight safety or mission success – many pathways to do that. We need to understand better what may be preventing people from using those pathways.

  Ellen Ochoa

  Topics in Success

  Tags in Flight, Safety, Mission

• We are involved in technology development for, you know, missions that we hope to plan that would take us to an asteroid and eventually to Mars.

  Ellen Ochoa

  Topics in Technology

  Tags in Development, Missions

• Well, with so many space shuttle missions that we’ve done, I think it’s just sort of natural that each one hasn’t necessarily gotten the attention that the early ones did.

  Ellen Ochoa

  Topics in Uncategorized

  Tags in Space Shuttle, Missions

• There was a lot of light and a lot of rumbling and vibration, especially the first minute or minute-and-a-half. And then after about two minutes, when the solid rocket boosters separated, the ride got a lot smoother.

  Ellen Ochoa

Ellen Ochoa (19)

Birth:	10th May, 1958
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Astronaut

About

Ellen Lauri Ochoa was born in Los Angeles, California, USA. She is an American former astronaut and current Director of the Johnson Space Center. She became the first Hispanic woman in the world to go to space when she served on a nine-day mission aboard the shuttle Discovery in 1993. She received a bachelor of science degree in physics from San Diego State University in 1980, a master of science degree from Stanford University in 1981, and doctorate in electrical engineering from Stanford University in 1985.

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