Joseph M. Acaba is an American hydrogeologist, educator and NASA astronaut born in 1967 to a Puerto Rican family in California. He earned a bachelor degree in geology from the University of California, Santa Barbara and a master degree in geology from the University of Arizona, then worked as a hydrogeologist in Los Angeles before teaching science and mathematics. Selected by NASA in 2004 as an Educator Mission Specialist, he became the first person of Puerto Rican ancestry named a NASA astronaut candidate and has flown three space missions, later serving as Chief of the Astronaut Office from 2023 to 2025.
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He completed his training on February 10, 2006, and was assigned to STS-119, which flew from March 15 to 28, 2009, to deliver the final set of solar arrays to the International Space Station.
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Joseph Michael Acabá (born May 17, 1967) is an American educator, hydrogeologist, and NASA astronaut.
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Joseph Michael Acabá (born May 17, 1967) is an American educator, hydrogeologist, and NASA astronaut.
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