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List of Hispanic astronauts

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The following is a list of persons from Spanish-speaking countries or of Hispanic descent who have travelled into space, sorted by date of first flight.

The first country listed is that of citizenship; the second, if any, is that of the Spanish-speaking country of birth or ancestry.

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|Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez
January 29, 1942

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|First person from Latin America to fly in space. First person of African descent in space. First Cuban in space.

|Soyuz 38 (September 18, 1980)

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|Rodolfo Neri Vela
February 19, 1952

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|First Mexican in space.

|STS-61-B (November 26, 1985)

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|Franklin Chang-Diaz
April 5, 1950

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|First Costa Rican astronaut

|STS-61-C (January 12, 1986)
STS-34 (October 18, 1989)
STS-46 (July 31, 1992)
STS-60 (February 3, 1994)
STS-75 (February 22, 1996)
STS-91 (June 2, 1998)
STS-111 (June 5, 2002)

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|Sidney M. Gutierrez
June 27, 1951

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|First U.S.-born Hispanic astronaut

|STS-40 (June 5, 1991)
STS-59 (April 9, 1994)

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|Ellen Ochoa
May 10, 1958

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|First female Hispanic astronaut

|STS-56 (April 8, 1993)
STS-66 (November 3, 1994)
STS-96 (May 27, 1999)
STS-110 (April 8, 2002)

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|Michael Lopez-Alegria
May 30, 1958

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|First Spanish-born astronaut

|STS-73 (October 20, 1995)
STS-92 (October 11, 2000)
STS-113 (November 24, 2002)
Soyuz TMA-9 (September 18, 2006)
Axiom Mission 1 (April 8, 2022)

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|Carlos I. Noriega
October 8, 1959

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|First Peruvian-born astronaut

|STS-84 (May 15, 1997)
STS-97 (November 30, 2000)

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|Pedro Duque
March 14, 1963

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|First Spanish astronaut without dual citizenship

|STS-95 (October 29, 1998)
Soyuz TMA-3/2 (October 18, 2003)

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|John D. Olivas
May 25, 1965

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|STS-117 (June 8, 2007)
STS-128 (August 28, 2009)

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|George D. Zamka
June 29, 1962

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|STS-120 (October 23, 2007)
STS-130 (February 8, 2010)

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|Joseph M. Acaba
May 17, 1967

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|First Puerto Rican astronaut

|STS-119 (March 15, 2009)
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Soyuz MS-06 (September 12, 2017)

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|José M. Hernández
August 7, 1962

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|First migrant farm worker in space.

|STS-128 (August 28, 2009)

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| Serena M. Auñón
April 9, 1976

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| Soyuz MS-09 (June 6, 2018)

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|Francisco Rubio

December 11, 1975

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|First salvadoreño astronaut.

|Soyuz MS-22 (Sept. 21, 2022)

Suborbital

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| Katya Echazarreta
June 16, 1995

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({{flagicon|Mexico}} Mexico)

|Suborbital flight to a height of 106 km

| {{flagicon|United States}} Blue Origin NS-21 (June 4, 2022)

Other Hispanic astronauts

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|José López Falcón
February 8, 1950

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|Backup for Arnaldo Tamayo Mendez on Soyuz 38

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|Ricardo Peralta y Fabi

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|Backup for Rodolfo Neri Vela on STS-61-B

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|Fernando Caldeiro
June 12, 1958

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|Died October 3, 2009.

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|Marcos Berríos
1984

|{{USA}}
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|Selected as part of NASA Astronaut Group 23

See also

References

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