Famous Face From Orange County: NASA Astronaut Joseph M. Acaba

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This week's Famous Face From Orange County is a Joseph Michael Acaba who is an educator, hydrogeologist, and NASA astronaut. Although Acaba is not from Orange County, he is currently an Anaheim resident. Here's what Wikipedia has to say about him:

Joseph Michael "Joe" Acaba (born May 17, 1967) is an educator, hydrogeologist, andNASA astronaut.^[1][2] In May 2004 he became the first person of Puerto Rican heritage to be named as a NASA astronaut candidate, when he was selected as a member of NASA Astronaut Training Group 19.^[3] He completed his training on February 10, 2006 and was assigned to STS-119, which flew from March 15 to March 28, 2009 to deliver the final set of solar arrays to the International Space Station.^[4] Acaba served as a Flight Engineer aboard the International Space Station, having launched on May 15, 2012.^[5] He arrived at the space station on May 17 and returned to Earth on September 17, 2012 at 6:53am Moscow Standard Time when touchdown was officially recorded by the Russian Federal Space Agency.^[6][7]

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