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Joseph M. Acaba

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Joseph Michael Acabá (born May 17, 1967) is an American educator, hydrogeologist, and NASA astronaut. In May 2004, he became the first person of Puerto Rican ancestry to be named as a NASA astronaut candidate, when he was selected as a member of NASA Astronaut Training Group 19. 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. He is the first person of Caribbean and Puerto Rican origin, and the twelfth of fifteen people of Ibero-american heritage to have flown to space as a NASA astronaut. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Joseph M. Acaba is the 334th most popular astronaut (down from 323rd in 2019), the 12,000th most popular biography from United States (down from 11,883rd in 2019) and the 163rd most popular American Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Joseph M. Acaba ranks 334 out of 556Before him are Jing Haipeng, Loren Shriver, Anthony W. England, William S. McArthur, Catherine Coleman, and Robert L. Gibson. After him are Sergei Treshchov, Vladimir Dezhurov, George D. Zamka, Tamara E. Jernigan, Mike Mullane, and Liu Boming.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Joseph M. Acaba ranks 418Before him are Nick Clegg, Macy Gray, Alex Christensen, Takeshi Motoyoshi, Glenn Greenwald, and Jan Eriksson. After him are Renata Litvinova, Igor Korneev, Ardian Kozniku, Mario Frangoulis, Lorenzo Vigas, and Kristen Johnston.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joseph M. Acaba ranks 12,002 out of 20,380Before him are Harvey Pekar (1939), Aldo Donelli (1907), Julie Sommars (1942), Adrianne Palicki (1983), Ryan Potter (1995), and Fandango (1981). After him are Johnny Thomson (1922), John Singleton (1968), Ann Coulter (1961), Iain Armitage (2008), Tracy Scoggins (1953), and Edward Brophy (1895).

Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Joseph M. Acaba ranks 163Before him are Ronald J. Grabe (1945), Loren Shriver (1944), Anthony W. England (1942), William S. McArthur (1951), Catherine Coleman (1960), and Robert L. Gibson (1946). After him are George D. Zamka (1962), Tamara E. Jernigan (1959), Mike Mullane (1945), Michael Coats (1946), Leroy Chiao (1960), and Guion Bluford (1942).