Ellen Ochoa
Subtitle: astronaut and inventor
By: Anne Schraff.
Series: Latino biography library
Publisher: Enslow Publishers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Berkeley Heights, NJ
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780766031630
Subjects: Ochoa, Ellen -- Juvenile literature; Astronauts -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Inventors -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Women astronauts -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Women inventors -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature; Hispanic Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Genres: Juvenile literature.; Biography
Description: "Explores the life of Ellen Ochoa, including her childhood in California, her rise through the ranks in NASA, several space shuttle missions, and becoming the first Latino woman in space"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Space adventure; title: California childhood; title: Education; title: Inventor; title: Training to be an astronaut; title: The first flight; title: Payload commander; title: International Space Station; title: Fourth space flight and beyond; title: Leading NASA.