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463: 1235: 219: 249: 244: 239: 234: 229: 224: 67: 489:(VASIMR), an electrical propulsion device for use in space. With a flexible mode of operation, the rocket can achieve very high exhaust speeds, and with a sufficiently powerful electrical supply even has the theoretical capability to take a crewed rocket to Mars in 39 days. 323:, and María Eugenia Díaz. One of six children, he has a younger sister, Sonia Rosa (born December 1952) and his mother, brothers and sisters still reside in Costa Rica. His two eldest daughters with his ex-wife Candice Chang, include 2282: 1130: 2292: 670: 1632: 698: 2272: 2332: 2317: 1221: 1080: 1417: 2342: 2277: 486: 2302: 1590: 1595: 1127: 1050: 984:"Former astronaut Dr. Franklin Chang-Diaz explains how his plasma rocket engine could revolutionize space travel and why we need nuclear power in space" 865: 2312: 2307: 2287: 2257: 1625: 956: 515: 2252: 983: 1580: 807: 921: 545:. The Costa Rican National High Technology Center (CeNAT), among other institutions, is named after him. In 2014, Chang-Díaz was awarded the " 387: 375: 118: 2211: 1641: 1618: 1214: 538: 884: 1410: 542: 2297: 607: 562: 541:. Also, due to his career and scientific success, he has been decorated multiple times in Costa Rica and named Honor Citizen by the 350:
He graduated from Colegio de La Salle in San Jose with an "A" grade in November 1967, then moved to the United States to finish his
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on April 5, 1950, to Ramón Ángel Chang Morales, an oil worker whose own father fled from China during the
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Address: Building Dr. Franklin Chang Diaz, 1.3 km, North American Embajada Pavas, San Jose, Costa Rica
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in which he encourages young people to get motivated about environmental issues.
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In addition, he is an adjunct professor in physics and astronomy at
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Centro Nacional de Alta Tecnología Dr. Franklin Chang Díaz (CeNAT)
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In 1986, Franklin Chang-Díaz was one of twelve recipients of the
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology School of Science alumni
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Costa Rican-American astronaut and entrepreneur (born 1950)
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from 1993 to 2005. Chang-Díaz retired from NASA in 2005.
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He is also the father of Democratic candidate for the
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in 1980, and first flew aboard Space Shuttle mission
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Chang-Díaz was selected as an astronaut candidate by
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on May 5, 2012 in a ceremony that took place in the
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Centro Nacional de Alta de Tecnología (CeNAT), 2011
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During STS-111, he performed three 2273:Costa Rican emigrants to the United States 1633: 1619: 1611: 1418: 1404: 1396: 1222: 1208: 1200: 474:After leaving NASA, Chang-Díaz set up the 65: 54: 957:"NASA - Propulsion Systems of the Future" 777: 775: 773: 771: 516:2022 Massachusetts gubernatorial election 390:(MIT), Chang-Díaz worked in the field of 765:Encyclopedia.com. Retrieved: May 5, 2012 2333:Hispanic and Latino American physicists 2318:Hispanic and Latino American scientists 1581:List of astronauts by year of selection 583: 1001: 936: 934: 919:Space Shuttle Mission STS-75 Press Kit 690: 414:in 1986. Subsequent missions included 386:in 1977. For his graduate research at 374:program in 1973. He then attended the 315:Franklin Ramón Chang-Díaz was born in 2343:Hispanic and Latino American aviators 2278:Costa Rican people of Chinese descent 1231:NASA Astronaut Group 9, "19+80", 1980 837:Drake, John C. 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Franklin Chang Díaz
Spanish name
surname
Chang
Díaz

San José
University of Connecticut
BS
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MS
ScD
Sonia
NASA astronaut
NASA Group 9 (1980)
STS-61-C
STS-34
STS-46
STS-60
STS-75
STS-91
STS-111







San José, Costa Rica

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