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Science-related topics

... that Dr. Nitza Margarita Cintrón, is the first Hispanic to be named Chief of Space Medicine and Health Care Systems Office at NASA's Johnson Space Center?^[1]
... that Dr. Félix Soto Toro is the scientist who developed an electronic 3D measuring system (APTMS) for the Space Shuttle?^[2]
... that Dr. Juan R. Cruz, Ph.D., is a Puerto Rican scientist who played an instrumental role in the design and development of the Mars Exploration Rover (MER) parachute.^[3]
... that Dr. Enectali Figueroa, is astrophysicist at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)^[4] who pioneered the development of position-sensitive detectors, and currently an astronaut applicant?
... that Dr. Orlando Figueroa a.k.a. NASA Mars Czar was Director for Mars Exploration and the Director for the Solar System Division in the Office of Space Science at NASA Headquarters?^[5]
... that Olga D. González-Sanabria is the highest ranking Hispanic at NASA Glenn Research Center, a member of the Ohio Women's Hall of Fame and that she played an instrumental role in the development of the "Long Cycle-Life Nickel-Hydrogen Batteries" which helps enable the International Space Station power system?^[6]
... that Amri Hernández-Pellerano is a scientist who designed the power systems electronics for the WMAP mission. WMAP is a NASA Explorer mission satellite which measures the temperature of the cosmic background radiation over the full sky with unprecedented accuracy?^[7]
... that Mercedes Reaves is responsible for the design of a viable full-scale solar sail and the development and testing of a scale model solar sail at NASA Langley Research Center in Virginia?^[8]
... that Dr. Miriam Rodón-Naveira;is the first Hispanic woman to hold the Deputy Directorship for the Environmental Sciences Division within the National Exposure Research Laboratory and that she is now responsible for developing, coordinating and maintaining research and educational activities in support of NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center mission?^[9]
... that Dr. Pedro Rodríguez, the Director of a test laboratory at NASA and inventor of a portable, battery-operated lift seat for people suffering from knee arthritis is the son of salsa singer Pellín Rodríguez?^[10]

^ Latina Women in NASA
^ NASA
^ MIT MUSEUM PRESS RELEASE
^ "Dr. Enectali Figueroa-Feliciano". Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA. Retrieved 2006-11-09.
^ Dr. Orlando Figueroa
^ Latina Women of NASA
^ Hernandez-Pellerano
^ Latina Women in NASA
^ Hispanics@NASA LaRC Employees' Achievements
^ NASA News^{[dead link]}

[Latina1-1] Latina Women in NASA

[2] NASA

[MIT-3] MIT MUSEUM PRESS RELEASE

[4] "Dr. Enectali Figueroa-Feliciano". Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA. Retrieved 2006-11-09.

[Mars-5] Dr. Orlando Figueroa

[Latina_Women-6] Latina Women of NASA

[7] Hernandez-Pellerano

[Latina2-8] Latina Women in NASA

[LaRC-9] Hispanics@NASA LaRC Employees' Achievements

[nasa-10] NASA News^{[dead link]}

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