Briefly examines the life of astronaut Ellen Ochoa, who was a young girl when the first astronauts walked on the Moon, and the obstacles she had to overcome to become the first female Hispanic American astronaut.
Meet Ellen Ochoa, history's first Hispanic female astronaut! Follow Ochoa's story as she works at NASA's Ames Research Center while attempting to become an astronaut. Her persistence pays off when she is chosen to be astronaut on her third try! Learn about her accomplishments from her space shuttle missions through her retirement as the director of the Johnson Space Center.