Ellen Ochoa, KB5TZZ, Named 11th Director of Johnson Space Center

NASA Administrator Charles Bolden, ex-KE4IQB, has named NASA Astronaut Ellen Ochoa, KB5TZZ, as the next Director of the Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (JSC) in Houston, Texas. She will take over from Michael L. Coats when he retires at the end of the year.

Ochoa — who was the first Hispanic woman to go into space — has served as JSC Deputy Director since September 2007. She has served as Deput…

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