
CuriPow on 03/04/2021
For The Town of Hatillo
In May 2004 Joeseph Micheal "Joe" Acaba 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. He completed his training on February 10, 2006, and was assigned to STS-119, which flew in March 2009 to the International Space Station.