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.

#	Image	Name Birth date	Country	Comment	Missions (Launch date)
1		Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez January 29, 1942	Cuba	First person from Latin America to fly in space. First black person to fly in space.	Soyuz 38 (September 18, 1980)
2		Rodolfo Neri Vela February 19, 1952	Mexico	First Mexican in space.	STS-61-B (November 26, 1985)
3		Franklin Chang-Diaz April 5, 1950	United States ( Costa Rica)	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)
4		Sidney M. Gutierrez June 27, 1951	United States	First U.S.-born Hispanic astronaut	STS-40 (June 5, 1991) STS-59 (April 9, 1994)
5		Ellen Ochoa May 10, 1958	United States ( Mexico)	First female Hispanic astronaut	STS-56 (April 8, 1993) STS-66 (November 3, 1994) STS-96 (May 27, 1999) STS-110 (April 8, 2002)
6		Michael Lopez-Alegria May 30, 1958	United States ( Spain)	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)
7		Carlos I. Noriega October 8, 1959	United States ( Peru)	First Peruvian-born astronaut	STS-84 (May 15, 1997) STS-97 (November 30, 2000)
8		Pedro Duque March 14, 1963	Spain	First Spanish astronaut	STS-95 (October 29, 1998) Soyuz TMA-3/2 (October 18, 2003)
9		John D. Olivas May 25, 1965	United States ( Mexico)		STS-117 (June 8, 2007) STS-128 (August 28, 2009)
10		George D. Zamka	United States ( Colombia)		STS-120 (October 23, 2007) STS-130 (February 8, 2010)
11		Joseph M. Acaba May 17, 1967	United States ( Puerto Rico)	First Puerto Rican astronaut	STS-119 (March 15, 2009) Soyuz TMA-04M (May 15, 2012)[1] Soyuz MS-06 (September 12, 2017)
12		José M. Hernández August 7, 1962	United States ( Mexico)		STS-128 (August 28, 2009)
13		Serena M. Auñón Apr. 9, 1976	United States ( Cuba)		Soyuz MS-09 (June 6, 2018)

Other Hispanic astronauts[]

Image	Name Birth date	Country	Comment
	February 8, 1950	Cuba	Backup for Arnaldo Tamayo Mendez on Soyuz 38
	Ricardo Peralta y Fabi	Mexico	Backup for Rodolfo Neri Vela on STS-61-B
	Fernando Caldeiro June 12, 1958	United States ( Argentina)	Died October 3, 2009.
	Christopher Loria July 9, 1960	United States	Retired as astronaut 2005.
	Francisco Rubio December 11, 1975	United States ( El Salvador)	Dr. Frank Rubio was selected by NASA to join the 2017 Astronaut Candidate Class. He is the first salvadoreño astronaut.

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