List of Hispanic astronauts
Introduction 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.
Orbital # Image NameBirth date Country Comment Missions (Launch date)180pxArnaldo Tamayo MéndezJanuary 29, 1942First person from Latin America to fly in space. First person of African descent in space. First Cuban in space.Soyuz 38 (September 18, 1980)280pxRodolfo Neri VelaFebruary 19, 1952First Mexican in space.STS-61-B (November 26, 1985)380pxFranklin Chang-DiazApril 5, 1950()First Costa Rican astronautSTS-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)480pxSidney M. GutierrezJune 27, 1951()First U.S.-born Hispanic astronautSTS-40 (June 5, 1991)STS-59 (April 9, 1994)580pxEllen OchoaMay 10, 1958()First female Hispanic astronautSTS-56 (April 8, 1993)STS-66 (November 3, 1994)STS-96 (May 27, 1999)STS-110 (April 8, 2002)680pxMichael Lopez-AlegriaMay 30, 1958First Spanish-born astronautSTS-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)780pxCarlos I. NoriegaOctober 8, 1959()First Peruvian-born astronautSTS-84 (May 15, 1997)STS-97 (November 30, 2000)880pxPedro DuqueMarch 14, 1963First Spanish astronaut without dual citizenshipSTS-95 (October 29, 1998)Soyuz TMA-3/2 (October 18, 2003)980pxJohn D. OlivasMay 25, 1965()STS-117 (June 8, 2007)STS-128 (August 28, 2009)1080pxGeorge D. Zamka()STS-120 (October 23, 2007)STS-130 (February 8, 2010)1180pxJoseph M. AcabaMay 17, 1967()First Puerto Rican astronautSTS-119 (March 15, 2009)Soyuz TMA-04M (May 15, 2012) Soyuz MS-06 (September 12, 2017)1280pxJosé M. HernándezAugust 7, 1962()First migrant farm worker in space.STS-128 (August 28, 2009)13 80px Serena M. AuñónApr. 9, 1976 () Soyuz MS-09 (June 6, 2018)1480pxFrancisco RubioDecember 11, 1975()First salvadoreño astronaut.Soyuz MS-22 (Sept. 21, 2022)
Suborbital # NameBirth date Country Comment Missions (Launch date) 1 Katya EchazarretaJune 16, 1995 United States( Mexico)Suborbital flight to a height of 106 km  Blue Origin NS-21 (June 4, 2022)
Other Hispanic astronauts  Image NameBirth date Country CommentJosé López FalcónFebruary 8, 1950Backup for Arnaldo Tamayo Mendez on Soyuz 3880pxRicardo Peralta y FabiBackup for Rodolfo Neri Vela on STS-61-B80pxFernando CaldeiroJune 12, 1958()Died October 3, 2009.
See also *List of Ibero-American spacefarers
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