Franklin Ramón Chang-Díaz (born April 5, 1950, San José, Costa Rica) is an American mechanical engineer, physicist, and former NASA astronaut. He is the...
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general elections. Sonia Chang-Díaz was born in Boston, Massachusetts, on March 31, 1978, the daughter of Franklin Chang-Díaz, a physicist who would be...
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The VASIMR concept originated in 1977 with former NASA astronaut Franklin Chang Díaz, who has been developing the technology ever since. VASIMR is a type...
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seven-person crew included the first Costa Rican-born astronaut, Franklin Chang-Díaz, the second African-American shuttle pilot, Charles Bolden, and the...
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joint record holder for most spaceflights (a record he shares with Franklin Chang-Díaz). His papers, photographs, and many personal items are in the Barron...
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statistics for "Díaz" and "Díez" separately. The surname is a cognate with the Portuguese language surname Dias. Díaz and the anglicized form Diaz appear to...
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Franklin Bache (1792–1864), American physician, chemist, professor and writer Franklin Archibald Dick (1823–1885), American lawyer Franklin Chang-Díaz...
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Rica laboratory. This project is led by former NASA astronaut Dr. Franklin Chang-Díaz (CRC-USA). The Costa Rican Aerospace Alliance announced the development...
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Spanish with Chang-Díaz, a native of Costa Rica, and greeted the other crew members via a special telephone linkup. Arias told Chang-Díaz, "You raise high...
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Astra Rocket Company is retired astronaut Franklin Chang Díaz. The company has been working on Chang Díaz's concept of the Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma...
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