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Franklin Chang-Díaz, the Glossary

Franklin Ramón Chang-Díaz (born April 5, 1950, San José, Costa Rica) is an American mechanical engineer, physicist and former NASA astronaut.^[1]

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American aviators of Chinese descent
Chinese astronauts
Costa Rican astronauts
Costa Rican emigrants to the United States
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Hispanic and Latino American scientists

Ad Astra Rocket Company

The Ad Astra Rocket Company, a U.S. Delaware corporation, is a rocket propulsion company dedicated to the development of advanced plasma rocket propulsion technology.

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Alexandria, Louisiana

Alexandria is the ninth-largest city in the state of Louisiana and is the parish seat of Rapides Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez

Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez (born 29 January 1942) is a Cuban military officer, legislator, and former cosmonaut and the first person of African heritage in space.

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Bachelor of Science

A Bachelor of Science (BS, BSc, B.Sc., SB, or ScB; from the Latin scientiae baccalaureus) is a bachelor's degree that is awarded for programs that generally last three to five years.

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The Boxer Rebellion, also known as the Boxer Uprising or the Boxer Insurrection, was an anti-foreign, anti-imperialist, and anti-Christian uprising in North China between 1899 and 1901, towards the end of the Qing dynasty, by the Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists, known as the "Boxers" in English due to many of its members having practised Chinese martial arts, which at the time were referred to as "Chinese boxing".

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Buzz Aldrin

Buzz Aldrin (born Edwin Eugene Aldrin Jr.; January 20, 1930) is an American former astronaut, engineer and fighter pilot. Franklin Chang-Díaz and Buzz Aldrin are Spacewalkers and United States Astronaut Hall of Fame inductees.

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Chang (surname)

Cháng is the pinyin romanization of the Chinese surname 常 (Cháng).

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Climate change education

Climate change education (CCE) is education that aims to address and develop effective responses to climate change.

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Cuba

Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country, comprising the island of Cuba, Isla de la Juventud, archipelagos, 4,195 islands and cays surrounding the main island.

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Cummins

Cummins Inc. is an American multinational corporation that designs, manufactures, and distributes engines, filtration, and power generation products.

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Díaz (surname)

Díaz is a common surname of Spanish origin with multiple meanings in multiple languages.

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Doctor of Philosophy

A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD or DPhil; philosophiae doctor or) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research.

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Doctor of Science

A Doctor of Science (Scientiae Doctor; most commonly abbreviated DSc or ScD) is a science doctorate awarded in a number of countries throughout the world.

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Environmental protection

Environmental protection is the practice of protecting the natural environment by individuals, groups and governments.

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Extravehicular activity (EVA) is any activity done by an astronaut in outer space outside a spacecraft.

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Hartford Public High School

Hartford Public High School, in Hartford, Connecticut, was founded in 1638.

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Houston

Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and in the Southern United States.

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International Space Station

The International Space Station (ISS) is a large space station assembled and maintained in low Earth orbit by a collaboration of five space agencies and their contractors: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), ESA (Europe), JAXA (Japan), and CSA (Canada).

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Jerry L. Ross

Jerry Lynn Ross (born January 20, 1948, Crown Point, Indiana) is a retired United States Air Force officer, engineer, and a former NASA astronaut. Franklin Chang-Díaz and Jerry L. Ross are mir crew members, NASA civilian astronauts, space Shuttle program astronauts, Spacewalkers and United States Astronaut Hall of Fame inductees.

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Johnson Space Center

The Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center (JSC) is NASA's center for human spaceflight in Houston, Texas (originally named the Manned Spacecraft Center), where human spaceflight training, research, and flight control are conducted.

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Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex

The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex is the visitor center at NASA's Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island, Florida.

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Latin Americans

Latin Americans (Latinoamericanos; Latino-americanos) are the citizens of Latin American countries (or people with cultural, ancestral or national origins in Latin America).

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Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica

The Legislative Assembly (Asamblea Legislativa) forms the unicameral legislative branch of the Costa Rican government.

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List of Asian Americans

Notable Asian Americans include.

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List of Hispanic astronauts

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.

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List of Space Shuttle missions

The Space Shuttle was a partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated by NASA (the National Aeronautics and Space Administration).

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Massachusetts Senate

The Massachusetts Senate is the upper house of the Massachusetts General Court, the bicameral state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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Master of Science

A Master of Science (Magister Scientiae; abbreviated MS, M.S., MSc, M.Sc., SM, S.M., ScM or Sc.M.) is a master's degree.

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Mechanical engineering

Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines that may involve force and movement.

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Medal of Liberty

The Medal of Liberty was awarded in 1986 by President Ronald Reagan as part of the festivities commemorating the 100th anniversary of the Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World).

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Mexico

Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America.

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NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.

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NASA Astronaut Corps

The NASA Astronaut Corps is a unit of the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) that selects, trains, and provides astronauts as crew members for U.S. and international space missions.

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NASA Astronaut Group 9

NASA Astronaut Group 9 was a group of 19 NASA astronauts announced on May 29, 1980, and completed their training by 1981.

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Nuclear fusion

Nuclear fusion is a reaction in which two or more atomic nuclei, usually deuterium and tritium (hydrogen isotopes), combine to form one or more different atomic nuclei and subatomic particles (neutrons or protons).

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Odyssey 2050

Odyssey 2050 is a multimedia film project created by Canadian teacher/musician Bruce Callow.

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PBS

The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) is an American public broadcaster and non-commercial, free-to-air television network based in Crystal City, Virginia.

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Philippe Perrin

Philippe Perrin (Colonel, French Air Force) (born January 6, 1963) is a French test pilot, engineer and former CNES and European Space Agency astronaut. Franklin Chang-Díaz and Philippe Perrin are space Shuttle program astronauts and Spacewalkers.

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Plasma (physics)

Plasma is one of four fundamental states of matter (the other three being solid, liquid, and gas) characterized by the presence of a significant portion of charged particles in any combination of ions or electrons.

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Plasma propulsion engine

A plasma propulsion engine is a type of electric propulsion that generates thrust from a quasi-neutral plasma.

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Rice University

Rice University, formally William Marsh Rice University, is a private research university in Houston, Texas, United States.

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Rodolfo Neri Vela

Rodolfo Neri Vela (born 19 February 1952) is a Mexican scientist and astronaut who flew aboard a NASA Space Shuttle mission in the year 1985. Franklin Chang-Díaz and Rodolfo Neri Vela are space Shuttle program astronauts.

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San José, Costa Rica

San José (meaning "Saint Joseph") is the capital and largest city of Costa Rica, and the capital of the province of the same name.

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Secondary school

A secondary school or high school is an institution that provides secondary education.

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Sonia Chang-Díaz

Sonia Rosa Chang-Díaz (born March 31, 1978) is an American politician who served in the Massachusetts Senate from the 2nd Suffolk district as a member of the Democratic Party.

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Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.

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Space exploration

Space exploration is the use of astronomy and space technology to explore outer space.

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Spacecraft propulsion

Spacecraft propulsion is any method used to accelerate spacecraft and artificial satellites.

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Spaceflight

Spaceflight (or space flight) is an application of astronautics to fly objects, usually spacecraft, into or through outer space, either with or without humans on board.

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STS-110

STS-110 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) on 8–19 April 2002 flown by Space Shuttle ''Atlantis''.

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STS-111

STS-111 was a space shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) flown by Space Shuttle ''Endeavour''.

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STS-34

STS-34 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission using ''Atlantis''.

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STS-46

STS-46 was a NASA Space Shuttle mission using ''Atlantis'' and was launched on July 31, 1992, and landed on August 8, 1992.

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STS-60

STS-60 was the first mission of the U.S./Russian Shuttle-Mir Program, which carried Sergei K. Krikalev, the first Russian cosmonaut to fly aboard a Space Shuttle.

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STS-61-C

STS-61-C was the 24th mission of NASA's Space Shuttle program, and the seventh mission of Space Shuttle ''Columbia''.

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STS-75

STS-75 was a 1996 NASA Space Shuttle mission, the 19th mission of the ''Columbia'' orbiter.

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STS-91

STS-91 was the final Space Shuttle mission to the Mir space station.

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Texas

Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the most populous state in the South Central region of the United States.

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The Explorers Club

The Explorers Club is an American-based international multidisciplinary professional society with the goal of promoting scientific exploration and field study.

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United States Astronaut Hall of Fame

The United States Astronaut Hall of Fame, located inside the Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex Heroes & Legends building on Merritt Island, Florida, honors American astronauts and features the world's largest collection of their personal memorabilia, focusing on those astronauts who have been inducted into the Hall. Franklin Chang-Díaz and United States Astronaut Hall of Fame are United States Astronaut Hall of Fame inductees.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_Chang-Díaz

Also known as Franklin Chang Díaz, Franklin R. Chang Díaz, Franklin R. Chang-Diaz.

, STS-110, STS-111, STS-34, STS-46, STS-60, STS-61-C, STS-75, STS-91, Texas, The Explorers Club, United States Astronaut Hall of Fame, University of Connecticut, Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket, Wired Science, 2022 Massachusetts gubernatorial election.

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See also

American aviators of Chinese descent

Chinese astronauts

Costa Rican astronauts

Costa Rican emigrants to the United States

Costa Rican people of Chinese descent

Costa Rican scientists

Hispanic and Latino American aviators

Hispanic and Latino American physicists

Hispanic and Latino American scientists

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