Franklin Chang Díaz
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Gender | Male |
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Age | 74 |
Date of birth | April 5,1950 |
Zodiac sign | Aries |
Born | San Jose |
Costa Rica | |
Space missions | STS-75, STS-61-C, STS-34, STS-111, STS-91, STS-60, STS-46 |
STS-111, STS-61-C, STS-46, STS-34, STS-75, STS-60, STS-91 | |
STS-111 | |
STS-61-C | |
STS-46 | |
STS-34 | |
STS-75 | |
STS-60 | |
STS-91 | |
Spouse | Peggy Marguerite Doncaster |
Children | Sonia Chang-Díaz |
Lidia Aurora Chang-Díaz | |
Miranda Karina Chang-Díaz | |
Jean Elizabeth Chang-Díaz | |
Nationality | American |
Costa Rican | |
Job | Astronaut |
Engineer | |
Entrepreneur | |
Physicist | |
Education | University of Connecticut |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology | |
Books | To Mars and Beyond, Fast! How Plasma Propulsion Will Revolutionize Space Exploration |
Dream's Journey | |
Movies/Shows | The Wild Blue Yonder |
RocketMan | |
Parents | Ramón Angel Chang Morales |
María Eugenia Díaz Romero | |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1330842 |
Franklin Chang Díaz Life story
Franklin Ramón Chang-Díaz is an American mechanical engineer, physicist and former NASA astronaut. He is the sole founder and CEO of Ad Astra Rocket Company as well as a member of Cummins' board of directors. He became an American citizen in 1977.