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.
The first country listed is that of citizenship; the second, if any, is that of the Spanish-speaking country of birth or ancestry.

Orbital

#ImageName
Birth date
CountryCommentMissions
180pxArnaldo Tamayo Méndez
January 29, 1942
First person from Latin America to fly in space. First person of African descent in space. First Cuban in space.Soyuz 38
280pxRodolfo Neri Vela
February 19, 1952
First Mexican in space.STS-61-B
380pxFranklin Chang-Diaz
April 5, 1950

First Costa Rican astronautSTS-61-C
STS-34
STS-46
STS-60
STS-75
STS-91
STS-111
480pxSidney M. Gutierrez
June 27, 1951

First U.S.-born Hispanic astronautSTS-40
STS-59
580pxEllen Ochoa
May 10, 1958

First female Hispanic astronautSTS-56
STS-66
STS-96
STS-110
680pxMichael Lopez-Alegria
May 30, 1958
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First Spanish-born astronautSTS-73
STS-92
STS-113
Soyuz TMA-9
Axiom Mission 1
780pxCarlos I. Noriega
October 8, 1959

First Peruvian-born astronautSTS-84
STS-97
880pxPedro Duque
March 14, 1963
First Spanish astronaut without dual citizenshipSTS-95
Soyuz TMA-3/2
980pxJohn D. Olivas
May 25, 1965

First Mexican-American SpacewalkerSTS-117
STS-128
1080pxGeorge D. Zamka
June 29, 1962

STS-120
STS-130
1180pxJoseph M. Acaba
May 17, 1967

First Puerto Rican astronautSTS-119
Soyuz TMA-04M
Soyuz MS-06
1280pxJosé M. Hernández
August 7, 1962

First migrant farm worker in space.STS-128
1380pxSerena M. Auñón
April 9, 1976

Soyuz MS-09
14Francisco Rubio
December 11, 1975

(El Salvador