Eugene H. Trinh

Status: Retired
9/14/1950 –
Nationality: American Vietnamese
Type: Payload Specialist
Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Eugene Huu-Chau “Gene” Trinh (Vietnamese: Trịnh Hữu Châu, born September 14, 1950) is a Vietnamese American biochemist who flew aboard NASA Space Shuttle mission STS-50 as a Payload Specialist, becoming the first Vietnamese American astronaut in space.