Franklin Chang-Diaz is a Costa Rican-American physicist and former NASA astronaut who became the first Hispanic American to fly in space, and who tied the record for most spaceflights by any astronaut, flying seven Space Shuttle missions between 1986 and 2002. After leaving NASA he founded a company developing the VASIMR plasma rocket engine, a proposed advanced propulsion technology intended to make long-duration trips such as a crewed Mars mission faster and more efficient than conventional chemical rockets.
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1. Spacefacts.de: Spacefacts biography: Franklin Chang-Diaz
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is an American mechanical engineer
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Franklin Ramon Chang-Díaz (born April 5, 1950) is a Costa Rican which whom became an American mechanical engineer, physicist, and former NASA astronaut.
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Franklin Ramon Chang-Díaz (born April 5, 1950) is a Costa Rican which whom became an American mechanical engineer, physicist, and former NASA astronaut.
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He is a veteran of seven Space Shuttle missions, tying the record, as of 2021 for the most spaceflights (a record set two months earlier by Jerry L.
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