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
# Image NameBirth date Country Comment Missions (Launch date)1Arnaldo Tamayo MéndezJanuary 29, 1942First person from Latin America to fly in space. First person of African descent in space. First Cuban in space.Soyuz 38 (September 18, 1980)2Rodolfo Neri VelaFebruary 19, 1952First Mexican in space.STS-61-B (November 26, 1985)3Franklin Chang-DiazApril 5, 1950()First Costa Rican astronautSTS-61-C (January 12, 1986)STS-34 (October 18, 1989)STS-46 (July 31, 1992)STS-60 (February 3, 1994)STS-75 (February 22, 1996)STS-91 (June 2, 1998)STS-111 (June 5, 2002)4Sidney M. GutierrezJune 27, 1951()First U.S.-born Hispanic astronautSTS-40 (June 5, 1991)STS-59 (April 9, 1994)5Ellen OchoaMay 10, 1958()First female Hispanic astronautSTS-56 (April 8, 1993)STS-66 (November 3, 1994)STS-96 (May 27, 1999)STS-110 (April 8, 2002)6Michael Lopez-AlegriaMay 30, 1958-()First Spanish-born astronautSTS-73 (October 20, 1995)STS-92 (October 11, 2000)STS-113 (November 24, 2002)Soyuz TMA-9 (September 18, 2006)Axiom Mission 1 (April 8, 2022)7Carlos I. NoriegaOctober 8, 1959()First Peruvian-born astronautSTS-84 (May 15, 1997)STS-97 (November 30, 2000)8Pedro DuqueMarch 14, 1963First Spanish astronaut without dual citizenshipSTS-95 (October 29, 1998)Soyuz TMA-3/2 (October 18, 2003)9John D. OlivasMay 25, 1965()First Mexican-American SpacewalkerSTS-117 (June 8, 2007)STS-128 (August 28, 2009)10George D. ZamkaJune 29, 1962()STS-120 (October 23, 2007)STS-130 (February 8, 2010)11Joseph M. AcabaMay 17, 1967()First Puerto Rican astronautSTS-119 (March 15, 2009)Soyuz TMA-04M (May 15, 2012)Astronomy PR Soyuz MS-06 (September 12, 2017)12José M. HernándezAugust 7, 1962()First migrant farm worker in space.STS-128 (August 28, 2009)13 Serena M. AuñónApril 9, 1976 () Soyuz MS-09 (June 6, 2018)14Francisco Rubio December 11, 1975()First salvadoreño astronaut.Soyuz MS-22 (Sept. 21, 2022)
Suborbital # NameBirth date Country Comment Missions (Launch date) 1 Katya EchazarretaJune 16, 1995 United States( Mexico)Suborbital flight to a height of 106 km Blue Origin NS-21 (June 4, 2022) 2 Jesús CallejaApril 11, 1995 SpainSuborbital flight to a height of 107 km Blue Origin NS-30 (February 25, 2025) 3 Jaime AlemánNovember 14, 1953 PanamaSuborbital flight to a height of 104 km Blue Origin NS-30 (May 31, 2025) 4 Aymette (Amy) Medina Jorge Puerto RicoSuborbital flight to a height of 104 km Blue Origin NS-30 (May 31, 2025)
Other Hispanic astronauts Image NameBirth date Country CommentJosé López FalcónFebruary 8, 1950Backup for Arnaldo Tamayo Mendez on Soyuz 38Ricardo Peralta y FabiBackup for Rodolfo Neri Vela on STS-61-BFernando CaldeiroJune 12, 1958()Died October 3, 2009.Marcos Berríos1984()Selected as part of NASA Astronaut Group 23
See also List of Ibero-American spacefarers
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