Franklin Chang Díaz
Franklin Chang Díaz is an astronaut from United States of America affiliated with the government agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration, embarked on 7 space flights and engaging in 3 spacewalk(s) during his/her career as an astronaut.
Franklin Ramón Chang Díaz is a Costa Rican Chinese American mechanical engineer, physicist, former NASA astronaut. He is the founder and current CEO of Ad Astra Rocket Company as well as a member of Cummins' board of directors. He became an American citizen in 1977. He is of Chinese (paternal side) and Costa Rican Spanish (maternal side) descent. He is a veteran of seven Space Shuttle missions, tieing the record, as of 2018 for the most spaceflights (a record set by Jerry L. Ross). He was the third Latin American, but the first Latin American immigrant NASA Astronaut selected to go into space. Chang Díaz is a member of the NASA Astronaut Hall of Fame.
- Date of Birth: 04/05/1950
- Status: Retired
- First Flight: 01/12/1986
- Last Flight: 06/05/2002
- In Space: No
Launches
- Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-61-C
- Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-91
- Space Shuttle Columbia / OV-102 | STS-75
- Space Shuttle Endeavour / OV-105 | STS-111
- Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-46
- Space Shuttle Atlantis / OV-104 | STS-34
- Space Shuttle Discovery / OV-103 | STS-60
Spacewalks
STS-111 EVA 3
The spacewalk began at 06/13/2002 15:16 UTC and ended at 06/13/2002 22:33 UTC on the International Space Station for a total of 7 hours and 17 minutes.
STS-111 EVA 1
The spacewalk began at 06/09/2002 15:27 UTC and ended at 06/09/2002 22:41 UTC on the International Space Station for a total of 7 hours and 14 minutes.
STS-111 EVA 2
The spacewalk began at 06/11/2002 15:27 UTC and ended at 06/11/2002 22:41 UTC on the International Space Station for a total of 7 hours and 14 minutes.
