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Index List of Puerto Ricans in the United States Space Program

This is a list of notable Puerto Rican scientists involved in the United States Space Program, also known as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and their contributions to said program.[1]

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  1. 90 relations: Acronym, Adolfo Figueroa Viñas, Alabama, Amri Hernández-Pellerano, Armstrong Flight Research Center, Astronaut, Astrophysics, BONZZO (comic strip), Boston University, California, Carlos Del Castillo, Comet Hale–Bopp, Coordinated Universal Time, Cornell University, Dark matter, Earth Observing System, Enectalí Figueroa-Feliciano, Engineer, European Space Agency, Expedition 31, Expedition 32, Expedition 53, Expedition 54, Félix Soto Toro, Florida, Gamma-ray burst, Glenn Research Center, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland, Hampton, Virginia, HI-SEAS, Hispanic, History of women in Puerto Rico, Interferometry, International Space Station, John Rivas, Johnson Space Center, Joseph M. Acaba, Juan R. Cruz, Kennedy Space Center, Langley Research Center, Lissette Martinez, List of Puerto Rican scientists and inventors, Los Angeles, Mars, Maryland, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, Mercedes Reaves, MetOp, ... Expand index (40 more) »

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Acronym

An acronym is an abbreviation of a phrase that usually consists of the initial letter of each word in all caps with no punctuation.

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Adolfo Figueroa Viñas

Adolfo Figueroa Viñas is the first Puerto Rican astrophysicist at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and is an expert in solar and space plasma physics at the Heliophysics Science Division. List of Puerto Ricans in the United States Space Program and Adolfo Figueroa Viñas are puerto Rican scientists.

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Alabama

Alabama is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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Amri Hernández-Pellerano

Amri Hernández-Pellerano is a Puerto Rican electronics engineer and scientist who designs, builds and tests the electronics that will regulate the solar array power in order to charge the spacecraft battery and distribute power to the different loads or users inside various spacecraft at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center. List of Puerto Ricans in the United States Space Program and Amri Hernández-Pellerano are puerto Rican scientists.

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Armstrong Flight Research Center

The NASA Neil A. Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC) is an aeronautical research center operated by NASA.

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Astronaut

An astronaut (from the Ancient Greek ἄστρον, meaning 'star', and ναύτης, meaning 'sailor') is a person trained, equipped, and deployed by a human spaceflight program to serve as a commander or crew member aboard a spacecraft.

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Astrophysics

Astrophysics is a science that employs the methods and principles of physics and chemistry in the study of astronomical objects and phenomena.

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BONZZO (comic strip)

BONZZO The Comic Strip is a comic strip created by John Rivas.

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Boston University

Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts.

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California

California is a state in the Western United States, lying on the American Pacific Coast.

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Carlos Del Castillo

Carlos Del Castillo (born c. 1965) is a scientist who, in 2004, became the recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) award, the highest honor bestowed by the United States government on scientists and engineers beginning their independent careers. List of Puerto Ricans in the United States Space Program and Carlos Del Castillo are puerto Rican scientists.

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Comet Hale–Bopp

Comet Hale–Bopp (formally designated C/1995 O1) is a comet that was one of the most widely observed of the 20th century and one of the brightest seen for many decades.

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Coordinated Universal Time

Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is the primary time standard globally used to regulate clocks and time.

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Cornell University

Cornell University is a private Ivy League land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York.

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Dark matter

In astronomy, dark matter is a hypothetical form of matter that appears not to interact with light or the electromagnetic field.

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Earth Observing System

The Earth Observing System (EOS) is a program of NASA comprising a series of artificial satellite missions and scientific instruments in Earth orbit designed for long-term global observations of the land surface, biosphere, atmosphere, and oceans.

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Enectalí Figueroa-Feliciano

Enectalí "Tali" Figueroa-Feliciano (born 1971) is a Puerto Rican physicist and professor at Northwestern University who pioneers the development and application of transition edge sensor (TES) detectors to experiments for detecting dark matter, neutrino interactions, and for X-ray astronomy. List of Puerto Ricans in the United States Space Program and Enectalí Figueroa-Feliciano are puerto Rican scientists.

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Engineer

Engineers, as practitioners of engineering, are professionals who invent, design, analyze, build and test machines, complex systems, structures, gadgets and materials to fulfill functional objectives and requirements while considering the limitations imposed by practicality, regulation, safety and cost.

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European Space Agency

The European Space Agency (ESA) is a 22-member intergovernmental body devoted to space exploration.

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Expedition 31

Expedition 31 was the 31st long-duration expedition to the International Space Station (ISS).

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Expedition 32

Expedition 32 was the 32nd long-duration expedition to the International Space Station (ISS).

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Expedition 53

Expedition 53 (September – December 2017) was the 53rd expedition to the International Space Station, which began upon the departure of Soyuz MS-04 on September 2, 2017, and concluded upon the departure of Soyuz MS-05 on December 14, 2017.

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Expedition 54

Expedition 54 was the 54th expedition to the International Space Station, which began upon the departure of Soyuz MS-05 on December 14, 2017 and concluded upon the departure of Soyuz MS-06 on February 27, 2018.

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Félix Soto Toro

Félix Soto Toro (born 1967), is an electrical designs engineer at NASA, who developed the Advanced Payload Transfer Measurement System. List of Puerto Ricans in the United States Space Program and Félix Soto Toro are puerto Rican scientists.

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Florida

Florida is a state in the Southeastern region of the United States.

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Gamma-ray burst

In gamma-ray astronomy, gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) are immensely energetic explosions that have been observed in distant galaxies, being the brightest and most extreme explosive events in the entire universe, as NASA describes the bursts as the "most powerful class of explosions in the universe".

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Glenn Research Center

NASA John H. Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field is a NASA center within the cities of Brook Park and Cleveland between Cleveland Hopkins International Airport and the Rocky River Reservation of Cleveland Metroparks, with a subsidiary facility in Sandusky, Ohio.

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Goddard Space Flight Center

The Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) is a major NASA space research laboratory located approximately northeast of Washington, D.C. in Greenbelt, Maryland, United States.

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Greenbelt, Maryland

Greenbelt is a city in Prince George's County, Maryland, United States, and a suburb of Washington, D.C. At the 2020 census, the population was 24,921.

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Hampton, Virginia

Hampton is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

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HI-SEAS

The Hawaii Space Exploration Analog and Simulation (HI-SEAS) is an analog habitat for human spaceflight to Mars currently operated by the International MoonBase Alliance.

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Hispanic

The term Hispanic (hispano) refers to people, cultures, or countries related to Spain, the Spanish language, or Hispanidad broadly.

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History of women in Puerto Rico

The recorded history of Puerto Rican women can trace its roots back to the era of the Taíno, the indigenous people of the Caribbean, who inhabited the island that they called Boriken before the arrival of Spaniards.

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Interferometry

Interferometry is a technique which uses the interference of superimposed waves to extract information.

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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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John Rivas

John Rivas (born August 9, 1964) is a Puerto-Rican graphic designer and publicist and the creator of the comic strip BONZZO The Comic Strip.

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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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Joseph M. Acaba

Joseph Michael Acabá (born May 17, 1967) is an American educator, hydrogeologist, and NASA astronaut.

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Juan R. Cruz

Juan R. Cruz (born: January 5, 1946) is a Puerto Rican aerospace engineer who played an instrumental role in the design and development of the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) and Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) parachute. List of Puerto Ricans in the United States Space Program and Juan R. Cruz are puerto Rican scientists.

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Kennedy Space Center

The John F. Kennedy Space Center (KSC, originally known as the NASA Launch Operations Center), located on Merritt Island, Florida, is one of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) ten field centers.

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Langley Research Center

The Langley Research Center (LaRC or NASA Langley), located in Hampton, Virginia near the Chesapeake Bay front of Langley Air Force Base, is the oldest of NASA's field centers.

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Lissette Martinez

Lissette Martinez (born 1971), is an electrical engineer and rocket scientist. List of Puerto Ricans in the United States Space Program and Lissette Martinez are puerto Rican scientists.

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List of Puerto Rican scientists and inventors

Before Christopher Columbus and the Spanish Conquistadors landed on the island of "Borikén" (Puerto Rico), the Tainos who inhabited the island depended on their astronomical observations for the cultivation of their crops. List of Puerto Ricans in the United States Space Program and List of Puerto Rican scientists and inventors are Lists of Puerto Rican people by occupation.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the most populous city in the U.S. state of California.

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Mars

Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun.

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Maryland

Maryland is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States.

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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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Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

Mayagüez is the ninth-largest municipality in Puerto Rico.

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Mercedes Reaves

Mercedes Reaves is a Puerto Rican research engineer and scientist. List of Puerto Ricans in the United States Space Program and Mercedes Reaves are puerto Rican scientists.

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MetOp

Metop (Meteorological Operational satellite) is a series of three polar-orbiting meteorological satellites developed by the European Space Agency (ESA) and operated by the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT).

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Miguel Rodríguez (NASA)

Miguel Rodríguez (born 1952) is the Chief of the Integration Office of the Cape Canaveral Spaceport Management Office. List of Puerto Ricans in the United States Space Program and Miguel Rodríguez (NASA) are puerto Rican scientists.

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Miguel Roman

Miguel Román, is the Deputy Director for Atmospheres in the Earth Sciences Division at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), an organization dedicated to advancing our understanding of the Earth's atmospheric processes, including mesoscale meteorology, precipitation, atmospheric chemistry, aerosols and clouds, radiative transfer, and related climate studies. List of Puerto Ricans in the United States Space Program and Miguel Roman are puerto Rican scientists.

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Miriam Rodón Naveira

Miriam Rodón Naveira (born April 2, 1963) is an environmental scientist from San Juan, Puerto Rico, working at the federal government of the United States for which she was awarded a Silver Medal for Superior Service and a Suzanne Olive EEO and Diversity Award both by the EPA. List of Puerto Ricans in the United States Space Program and Miriam Rodón Naveira are puerto Rican scientists.

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Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) is a satellite-based sensor used for earth and climate measurements.

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Monserrate Román

Monserrate Román a.k.a. "Monsi", is a Puerto Rican scientist in NASA who helped NASA build part of the International Space Station. List of Puerto Ricans in the United States Space Program and Monserrate Román are puerto Rican scientists.

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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 Exceptional Achievement Medal

The NASA Exceptional Achievement Medal is an award of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration established in 1991.

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NASA Exceptional Service Medal

The NASA Exceptional Service Medal is an award granted to U.S. government employees for significant sustained performance characterized by unusual initiative or creative ability that clearly demonstrates substantial improvement in engineering, aeronautics, space flight, administration, support, or space-related endeavors which contribute to NASA programs.

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National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (abbreviated as NOAA) is a US scientific and regulatory agency charged with forecasting weather, monitoring oceanic and atmospheric conditions, charting the seas, conducting deep-sea exploration, and managing fishing and protection of marine mammals and endangered species in the US exclusive economic zone.

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Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory

Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory, previously called the Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Explorer, is a NASA three-telescope space observatory for studying gamma-ray bursts (GRBs) and monitoring the afterglow in X-ray, and UV/Visible light at the location of a burst.

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Ninfa Segarra

Ninfa Segarra (born June 4, 1950) is the last President of the New York City Board of Education.

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Nitza Margarita Cintrón

Nitza Margarita Cintrón (born 1950) is a Puerto Rican scientist and Chief of Space Medicine and Health Care Systems Office at NASA's Johnson Space Center. List of Puerto Ricans in the United States Space Program and Nitza Margarita Cintrón are puerto Rican scientists.

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Nova ScienceNow

Nova ScienceNow (styled NOVΛ scienceNOW) is a spinoff of the long-running and venerable PBS science program Nova.

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Ohio

Ohio is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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Olga D. González-Sanabria

Olga D. González-Sanabria is a Puerto Rican scientist and inventor. List of Puerto Ricans in the United States Space Program and Olga D. González-Sanabria are puerto Rican scientists.

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Orlando Figueroa

Orlando Figueroa (born September 9, 1955), previously the NASA Mars Czar Director for Mars Exploration and the Director for the Solar System Division in the Office of Space Science at NASA Headquarters and the Deputy Center Director for Science and Technology of the Goddard Space Flight Center. List of Puerto Ricans in the United States Space Program and Orlando Figueroa are puerto Rican scientists.

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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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Pedro Rodriguez (scientist)

Pedro Rodriguez (born 1953) is an American scientist who is the Director of a test laboratory at NASA and inventor of a portable, battery-operated lift seat for people suffering from knee arthritis. List of Puerto Ricans in the United States Space Program and Pedro Rodriguez (scientist) are puerto Rican scientists.

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Pellín Rodríguez

Pellín Rodríguez (December 4, 1926 – October 31, 1984) was a Salsa singer.

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Photovoltaic system

A photovoltaic system, also called a PV system or solar power system, is an electric power system designed to supply usable solar power by means of photovoltaics.

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Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers

The Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) is the highest honor bestowed by the United States federal government on outstanding scientists and engineers in the early stages of their independent research careers.

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Puerto Ricans

Puerto Ricans (Puertorriqueños), most commonly known as '''Boricuas''', but also occasionally referred to as Borinqueños, Borincanos, or Puertorros, are an ethnic group native to the Caribbean archipelago and island of Puerto Rico, and a nation identified with the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico through ancestry, culture, or history.

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Remote sensing

Remote sensing is the acquisition of information about an object or phenomenon without making physical contact with the object, in contrast to in situ or on-site observation.

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Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals

The Samuel J. Heyman Service to America Medals, also known as "the Sammies", honor members of the federal government workforce, highlighting the work of employees making significant contributions to the governance of the United States.

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Silver Snoopy award

The Silver Snoopy award is a special honor awarded to NASA employees and contractors for outstanding achievements related to human flight safety or mission success.

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Soyuz MS-06

Soyuz MS-06 was a Soyuz spaceflight which launched on 13 September 2017.

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Soyuz TMA-04M

Soyuz TMA-04M was a spaceflight to Low Earth orbit that transported three members of the Expedition 31 crew to the International Space Station (ISS), which was launched on 15 May 2012 and landed on 17 September 2012.

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Space Shuttle

The Space Shuttle is a retired, partially reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft system operated from 1981 to 2011 by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Space Shuttle program.

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Space Shuttle Challenger

Space Shuttle Challenger (OV-099) was a Space Shuttle orbiter manufactured by Rockwell International and operated by NASA.

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Spacelab

Spacelab was a reusable laboratory developed by European Space Agency (ESA) and used on certain spaceflights flown by the Space Shuttle.

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Stateside Puerto Ricans

Stateside Puerto Ricans (Puertorriqueños en Estados Unidos), also ambiguously known as Puerto Rican Americans (puertorriqueño-americanos, puertorriqueño-estadounidenses), or Puerto Ricans in the United States, are Puerto Ricans who are in the United States proper of the 50 states and the District of Columbia who were born in or trace any family ancestry to the unincorporated US territory of Puerto Rico.

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STS-119

STS-119 (ISS assembly flight 15A) was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS) which was flown by Space Shuttle ''Discovery'' during March 2009.

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Suomi NPP

The Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP), previously known as the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparatory Project (NPP) and NPP-Bridge, is a weather satellite operated by the United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

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Technology

Technology is the application of conceptual knowledge to achieve practical goals, especially in a reproducible way.

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University of Puerto Rico

The University of Puerto Rico (Spanish: Universidad de Puerto Rico), often shortened to UPR, is the main public university system in the U.S. Commonwealth of Puerto Rico.

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University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez

The University of Puerto Rico, Mayagüez Campus (UPRM) or Recinto Universitario de Mayagüez (RUM) in Spanish (also referred to as Colegio and CAAM in allusion to its former name), is a public land-grant university in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.

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Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite

The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) is a sensor designed and manufactured by the Raytheon Company on board the polar-orbiting Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP), NOAA-20, and NOAA-21 weather satellites.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly known as Washington or D.C., is the capital city and federal district of the United States.

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West Virginia

West Virginia is a landlocked state in the Southern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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Yajaira Sierra-Sastre

Yajaira Sierra-Sastre is a Puerto Rican materials scientist, educator, and aspiring astronaut. List of Puerto Ricans in the United States Space Program and Yajaira Sierra-Sastre are puerto Rican scientists.

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See also

Lists of Puerto Rican people by occupation

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Puerto_Ricans_in_the_United_States_Space_Program

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