Katya Echazarreta became the first Mexican-born woman to go to space in June 2022.
She became the first Mexican-born woman to go to space in 2022.
I only spoke Spanish to my mom, who still hadn't learned English at that point.
I didn't hear back until three years later, but during that time, I completed a space training program where I did training with microgravity, G-force, and pressurized spacesuits.
Gerardo Vieyra/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesI'd always known that a Mexican-born woman hadn't traveled into space before because I'd been obsessed with this topic for so long.
Persons:
Katya Echazarreta, Echazarreta, —, I've, I'd, hadn't, Galileo, Juno, Gerardo Vieyra, José Hernández, Ellen Ochoa, Rodolfo Neri Vela, Fundación, It's
Organizations:
NASA, Service, UCLA, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Jet Propulsion, Mars Rover, Humanity, Getty
Locations:
Mexican, California, Guadalajara, Mexico, Utopia Liberty