{"id":769223,"date":"2023-10-13T13:35:26","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T17:35:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=769223"},"modified":"2023-10-13T13:35:26","modified_gmt":"2023-10-13T17:35:26","slug":"astronaut-carlos-noriega-at-mission-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=769223","title":{"rendered":"Astronaut Carlos Noriega at Mission Control"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"\" class=\"hds-media hds-module wp-block-image\">\n<div class=\"margin-left-auto margin-right-auto nasa-block-align-inline\">\n<div class=\"hds-media-wrapper margin-left-auto margin-right-auto\">\n<figure class=\"hds-media-inner hds-cover-wrapper hds-media-ratio-none \"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1728\" height=\"1152\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/9507852459-d7615828db-o.jpg\" class=\"attachment-2048x2048 size-2048x2048\" alt=\"A man with dark hair sits in a chair, his hand partially covering his smile. He wears a black sweater with some words embroidered on it, a white shirt with a pin on the collar, a wedding ring, and a headset with a microphone. In the foreground is a small American flag on top of a desk.\" loading=\"eager\" style=\"object-position: 50% 50%;object-fit: cover\" \/><\/figure><figcaption class=\"hds-caption padding-y-2\">\n<div class=\"hds-credits\">NASA<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>In this image from Jan. 15, 2003, astronaut <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/noriega_carlos.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Carlos I. Noriega<\/a>, spacecraft communicator, smiles while sitting at his console in the Mission Control Center at NASA\u2019s Johnson Space Center in Houston. At the time this photo was taken, astronauts <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/kenneth-bowersox\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kenneth D. Bowersox<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/people\/donald-r-pettit\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Donald R. Pettit<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/expedition-6\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Expedition 6<\/a> mission commander and NASA International Space Station science officer, respectively, were taking part in the mission\u2019s only scheduled spacewalk.<\/p>\n<p>Noriega was selected by NASA in December 1994 to become an astronaut. He flew on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/sts-84\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">STS-84<\/a> in 1997 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/mission\/sts-97\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">STS-97<\/a> in 2000. He logged more than 481 hours in space, including over 19 hours in three spacewalks. He retired from the astronaut corps in 2005.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/07\/hispanic_astronauts_fs.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Read more about some of NASA\u2019s Hispanic astronauts.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Image Credit: NASA<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n Click here for original story, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nasa.gov\/image-article\/astronaut-carlos-noriega-at-mission-control\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Astronaut Carlos Noriega at Mission Control<\/a>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: NASA Breaking News&#013;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA In this image from Jan. 15, 2003, astronaut Carlos I. 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