Given the question: Facts: - mission: sts-84 , sts-97 - type: nasa astronaut - insignia: 30px30px - status: retired - selection: 1994 nasa group - rank: lieutenant colonel , usmc - birth date: 8 october 1959 - name: carlos ismael noriega - time: 20d 01h 18m - nationality: united states peru - image: carlos noriega.jpg - birth place: lima , peru - alma mater: university school , m.s. 1990 of southern california , b.s. 1981 naval postgraduate - occupation: marine aviator Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of carlos i. noriega .
The answer is:
carlos ismael noriega -lrb- born 1959 -rrb- is a peruvian and u.s. citizen , nasa employee , a former nasa astronaut and a retired u.s. marine corps lieutenant colonel .