Ellen Ocho Space Traveler

Ellen Ochoa is the world’s first Hispanic female astronaut. She was born in Los Angeles, California on May 10, 1958. She attended the High School Grossmont and she graduated in 1975, with a passion towards science. She lived with her mother and four sibling and around this time her parents got divorced. She commissioned at San Diego state University where she redeemed her Bachelor’s in physics in 1980, Was also named the valedictorian of the graduating class. After that she commissioned at Stanford University in 1981 where she received a Master’s degree in electrical engineering. Following a Ph.D she earned in 1985. While in Stanford, Ochoa had developed an optical system to detect imperfection in repeating patterns, Which she utilized in

Emma Fighera (born 1998) is first-born child to Robert Daniel Fighera III and Elena Radu-Fighera. Fighera, standing at precisely eight-feet tall, is the first woman to be born in space, giving birth to herself aboard an unmanned space craft. After her fortuitous birth, Fighera, at the age of two, conducted a series of risky trades, successfully pooling enough funds to divert her space craft back to earth. Upon her arrival on what most of us know as the mother planet, Fighera started a cult, indoctrinating impressionable youth with the lessons she learned while alone in space. After discovering that she was actually part alien, Fighera abandoned her position as the President of the Church of Scientology and donated herself to science. In 2005,

Dr. Ellen Ochoa was born May 10,1958 in Los Angeles, California. (NASA, 2018). Her father had served in the navy as she was a child and her mother had valued family and education.(America Comes Alive, 2018). She went to Stanford University to study engineering to later become an astronaut for NASA in 1991. (NASA, 2018). Dr. Ochoa is a very well-known person throughout NASA for all the accomplishment she made. Dr. Ochoa contributed to space exploration by being the first Hispanic women to go to space, helped created optical systems and conducted to atmospheric and solar studies, and being the first Hispanic director.

“There is a fascination with the idea that one has 'seen someone else do something' before one can achieve it. Maybe that's true in some cases, but clearly it is not a requirement. I knew what I wanted to do.”-Mae C. Jemison. When the space shuttle Endeavour blasted off on it’s second mission on September 12, 1992, it carried the first African-American women into space. Mae C. Jemison was not only an astronaut, she’s also a physician, a Peace Corps volunteer, a teacher, and a founder and president of two technology companies.

At NASA, Easley accomplished many things. She helped and even created some computer applications, participated and helped in many NASA discoveries, published academic papers on computer programs, and was the team leader of the team that developed the software for the Centaur rocket stage. After working at NASA for 34 years, in 1989, Easley retired, but she didn’t stop there. After retiring, Easley went on to become a realtor for Century 21 Beyond 2000 Realty Co. and founded and was the first president of the NASA Lewis Ski Club at the age of

Katherine Johnson love to count, she counted anything. At the age of ten, she was a freshman in high school. Her family moved so that she was able to continue her education. She graduated high school at 14 and from college at 18. Katherine’s community banned together and helped her and her family. Katherine has been a teacher for several years and also a stay home mom. She later began to work for National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics(NASA) NASA’s predecessor

While she was attending Cornell University Medical College, she was able to work at a Cambodian refugee camp in Thailand. After serving for two and a half years in the Peace Corps, Mae Jemison returned home in 1985. When she returned home, that is when she decided to follow her dream of being an astronaut. The reason why was during her childhood Mae Jemison watched a television show called, “Star Trek”, and was inspired as a little girl to literally reach for the stars. Her role model was a character from Star Trek, which was Nichelle Nichols who played Lieutenant Uhura in Star Trek. Thanks to Nichelle Nichols who played Lieutenant Uhura, Mae Jemison was inspired to become an astronaut. Mae Jemison applied for The National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s or (NASA’s) astronaut training program, in 1986. She had to reapply a year later because of the Challenger disaster, of 1986. In 1987 she got accepted into the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s or (NASA’s) astronaut training

In 1985, she was selected from more than 11,000 applicants to participate in the NASA Teacher in Space Project and was scheduled to become the first teacher in space. As a member of mission STS-51-L, she was planning to conduct experiments and teach two lessons from Space

Sally Ride stopped working for NASA in 1987. She began her own organization to make educational projects and items known as Sally Ride Science to move girls and young ladies to seek after their hobbies in science and math. She thought of an idea for NASA's EarthKAM program. EarthKAM lets middle school students take photographs of Earth using a camera on the International Space Station, students then examine the photos. In 2003, Ride was added to the Astronaut Hall of

Well to make this a happy ending Carson has been a space scientist for 20 years and has a wife and 2 kids. You won’t believe who his wife is!!! The dean’s wife!!!!! They live in Galveston Texas, beautiful home on the

Creativity is a widely appreciated term by not only (people) but the workers at Google. The idea of a Google doodle centers around this concept of creativity. A Google doodle is a change to the Google logo on days like holidays, anniversaries, famous artists, or anything that has made a mark in history. The doodle is created to catch the eye of the common viewer. Once the viewers attention is brought to the doodle, she can click on the doodle itself and learn more information about the person or thing. Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Google company executives, created the idea of a doodle to communicate to clients of their absence from work. Then it began to be a daily making in the Google headquarters. So far over 2,000 have been created since

Amelia Mary Earhart was born on July 24, 1897 in her grandmother's house in Atchison, Kansas. Amelia's grandparents were well-off and Amelia spend much of her early life in their home. Amelia's mother, also named Amelia but known simply as "Amy" was married to Edwin Earhart, who had problems alcohol though he dreamed of creating a stable home for his family. The Earhart's also had another daughter, Grace Amelia's younger sister. Amelia lived with her grandparents until she was 10-years-old when she went back to live with her mother and father; however, her father still struggled with keeping a job. Because of his problems with work, the Earhart family moved around a lot and Amelia ended up going to many different schools. After graduation, Amelia volunteered to be a nurse's aid for the Red Cross and this is where she first came into contact with pilots wounded pilots returning from World War I. Amelia developed a great respect for those pilots. In 1919, Amelia attended Columbia University to study medicine, however, she left Columbia just a year later to be with her parents in California. In 1920, Amelia went to an air show in Long Beach, California that would forever change her life and the world! Amelia went up in a plane and decided then and there after the short ride that she wanted to become a pilot. Amelia worked hard in different jobs to be able to afford flying lessons. She took lessons from another female pilot, Anita "Neta" Snook. Just a year later, in 1921, Amelia

Johnson began working at NASA’s Langley laboratory in 1953 (Loff). Langley was an all-black West Area computing section at NASA (Loff). It consisted of female mathematicians that were called “computers”, who did tasks like analyzing data from flight tests (Shetterly 13-15). Two weeks into the job Johnson was assigned a project in the Maneuver Loads Branch of the Flight Research Division (Loff). The Flight Research Division was known for being a high-energy environment filled with freethinking and aggressive engineers who specialized in testing real planes instead of wind tunnels (Shetterly 98-99). The division needed two “computers,” Dorothy Vaugh, who was Johnson’s supervisor at Langley, assigned Katherine Johnson along with one of her close friends (98-99). Being assigned this job excited Johnson, she once said, “Everything was so new, the whole idea of going into space was new and daring” (Bolden 103-106). This position in the division was temporary, but soon became permanent. She became a vital member of the division because of her experience and knowledge with high level math (103).

Personal Velocity is a film about three women at different turning points in their lives. The film’s aesthetic is very personal. The cinematography by Ellen Kuras is very personal and intimate which is achieved with the use of digital video and narration. The first vignette features Kyra Sedgewick as Delia, who is trapped in an abusive relationship. Her past reveals a lot about her current situation, living with an abusive father because she felt that he needed her. As a teenager her body developed faster than her peers which garnered her the attention that she would convert into power. Her husband married her so that no other man could touch her, not out of love. Whatever love he did have for Delia quickly turned into hate and into a more

matter of a mere 21 years [1]. Involved in contracts for NASA, the Navy, Air Force, and