Ellen Ochoa is an American engineer, former astronaut and former director of the Johnson Space Center. In 1993, Ochoa became the first Latina 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 Latina director and the second female director of Johnson Space Center.
President George W. Bush Greets Shuttle Astronauts from Right, Peggy Whitson, Stephanie Wilson, and John Grunsfeld, and Ellen Ochoa at NASA Headquarters in Washington, D.C
S96E5150 - STS-096 - VRAFE - MS Ochoa in Spacehab DM - DPLA - 379877c4bee6643423c097071ad7727f
STS056-04-008 - STS-056 - Crewmember in the aft flight deck. - DPLA - 7bff9e94bfcb8af75986e6494d14c3fe
S110E5218 - STS-110 - Bursch, Morin and Ochoa work at the SSRMS controls during S0 Truss installation on the ISS - DPLA - 9fc7e10d4b84436859e6036ef2017874
STS110-349-011 - STS-110 - Expedition Four and STS-110 crews pose for a group photo in Destiny - DPLA - c8631e2955ac977fde7d37f6fd7b6139
STS110-353-018 - STS-110 - Morin and Ochoa pose in the Pirs Docking Compartment during STS-110 - DPLA - 6670b2ac2a540a96f8c462543ee57527