Viewing Earth from Space with Ellen Ochoa

The Preamble

Sharon McMahon

Government, History, Storytelling, Education

4.9 • 15.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 March 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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To round out the week on Here’s Where It Gets Interesting, Sharon talks with Dr. Ellen Ochoa, the first Hispanic woman who went to space. Ellen flew in space on four different occasions, and after her career as an active astronaut, she became the director of the Johnson Space Center. Listen in to Ellen’s story, and why, in her retirement from NASA, she continues to encourage women, Hispanics, and other underrepresented groups to pursue leadership and STEAM roles.Thank you to our guest, Dr. Ellen Ochoa.

Hosted by: Sharon McMahon

Guest: Dr. Ellen Ochoa

Executive Producer: Heather Jackson

Audio Producer: Jenny Snyder

Researcher: Valerie Hoback

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0:00.0	Hello friends, welcome. I have a treat for you today. I'm chatting with veteran astronaut.
0:12.8	Ellen Ochoa, she is the first Latina woman in space. She has flown in space four times.
0:22.1	She has over a thousand hours in orbit. And she is the former director of the Johnson Space
0:28.9	Center. She's actually just a delight. You're going to love listening to this episode. You should
0:33.7	listen to this episode with your kids if you have them. I think you are going to love hearing
0:38.4	her story spaces inherently interesting. And I've often joked that if we're up to meet
0:43.6	explore space, well, we're just going to have to keep wondering what's up there. But I absolutely
0:49.8	loved hearing from her and I cannot wait to dive in. I'm Sharon McBam. And here's where it gets
0:57.9	interesting. I am very excited to be chatting with Ellen Ochoa today, who is an astronaut or who
1:06.3	was an astronaut. I assume you're not actively in space each and every day. That's correct.
1:12.6	But you have been to space four times. You've been in orbit for like a thousand hours. That's
1:16.6	incredible. Well, thank you. It was an amazing opportunity. All of my flights. These were on the
1:23.0	space shuttle, of course, were 910 or 11 days. And at the time, that seemed like a lot. But of course,
1:29.0	now our NASA astronauts are in space six months or even up to a year. I absolutely want to hear
1:35.0	more about your time and space. But let's go back in time first to Ellen as a young girl. What were
1:42.3	you like as a child? What would your parents say? You were like, well, I loved reading. So I was
1:49.5	always reading books. Then when I was 10, I started playing the flute. Certainly, both under the
1:55.2	influence of my mom, who kind of always wished she had played an instrument. And she started a
2:01.0	solemn piano when we were younger than that. But that became a big hobby, very serious one. I even
2:07.1	thought about pursuing music. And I still play my flute to this day. And I got a chance to play my
2:13.2	flute in space. So that was probably the main outside activity I did outside of school. Would you
2:19.9	describe yourself as like a nerdy child? Would your parents be like, I don't know about Ellen.
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