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First Astronaut: Franklin Chang-Diaz

First Astronaut: Franklin Chang-Diaz

Chang-Diaz (the last person in an orange suit in the back right here in 2002) flew his first space-shuttle mission in 1986, and went to space in six more.

In this photo: Franklin Chang-Diaz, Ken Cockrell, Sergei Treschev, Peggy Whitson, Paul Lockhart, Valeri Korzun, Phillippe Perrin

Photo: BRUCE WEAVER/AFP/Getty Images

Jun 05, 2002
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