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Katya Celeste Echazarreta González [1] (born June 15, 1995) is a Mexican electrical engineer, science communicator, and Citizen Astronaut.She became the first Mexican-born woman in space as part of Space for Humanity's Citizen Astronaut Program, launched June 4, 2022.
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Katya Echazarreta, the first Mexican-born woman to fly to space, speaks to a crowd of mostly Latino students in the gym at Parlier High School on Aug. 29, 2024.
Similarly, women from Canada, Japan, and America have all flown under the US space program. A span of one year separated the first and second American women in space, [4] as well as the first and second Chinese women in space, taking place on consecutive missions, Shenzhou 9 and Shenzhou 10. [5]
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Growing up in Guadalajara, Mexico, Katya Echazarreta was encouraged to abandon her dreams of traveling to space. “Everyone around me — family, friends, teachers — I just kept hearing the ...
Name Birth date Country Comment Missions (Launch date) 1 Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez January 29, 1942 Cuba: First person from Latin America to fly in space. First person of African descent in space. First Cuban in space. Soyuz 38 (September 18, 1980) 2 Rodolfo Neri Vela February 19, 1952 Mexico: First Mexican in space. STS-61-B (November 26, 1985) 3