Hispanic Engineer magazine’s Top Hispanics of the Decade features men and women who had some remarkable achievements during 2010-2019. Over the next couple of weeks, we will look at how their work and contributions will impact lives beyond 2020. Or, you can click here to read the full article in the spring issue of Hispanic Engineer magazine.
Joseph M. Acaba logged a total of 306 days in space on three missions during the last decade. The photo above shows flight engineer and astronaut Joe Acaba working on the Canadarm2 robotic arm during the third of a series of spacewalks that took place during Expedition 53 to the International Space Station. The photo was taken on October 20, 2017.
In 2012, he flew aboard a Soyuz spacecraft to the Space Station where he worked as a flight engineer for Expedition 31/32. During this mission, the first commercial resupply spacecraft, SpaceX Dragon, arrived at the station.
Acaba also served as director of operations in Star City supporting crew training in Soyuz and Russian segment systems. Most recently, he served as a flight engineer on the Space Station for Expedition 53/54.
Watch this space for more influential people in national and commercial Space programs, research, the teaching, and learning of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM), information technology (IT) and professional services, banking and investment, clean energy, and equal opportunity.
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