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Franklin Chang-Diaz

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Franklin Chang-Diaz was born on 5 April 1950 in San Jose, Costa Rica. He is an actor and executive, known for The Wild Blue Yonder (2005), Science and Star Wars (2017) and The Mars Underground (2007).
BornApril 5, 1950
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    • Known for

    The Wild Blue Yonder (2005)
    The Wild Blue Yonder
    6.1
    • Astronaut Plasma Physicist
    • 2005
    Science and Star Wars (2017)
    Science and Star Wars
    4.7
    TV Series
    • Self - Chairman of the Board, Ad Astra Rocket Company(as Franklin Chang Diaz)
    The Mars Underground (2007)
    The Mars Underground
    7.7
    • Self
    • 2007
    Sam Ting in NASA Presents: AMS - The Fight for Flight (2017)
    NASA Presents: AMS - The Fight for Flight
    6.6
    • Self
    • 2017

    Credits

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    Actor

    • The Wild Blue Yonder (2005)
      The Wild Blue Yonder
      6.1
      • Astronaut Plasma Physicist
      • 2005
    • Harland Williams in RocketMan (1997)
      RocketMan
      5.9
      • NASA Scientist (uncredited)
      • 1997

    Personal details

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    • Alternative names
      • Dr. Franklin Chang-Diaz
    • Born
      • April 5, 1950
      • San Jose, Costa Rica
    • Spouse
      • Peggy Marguerite Stafford(4 children)

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      A Costa Rican-American engineer, physicist and former NASA astronaut, one of the first Hispanic Americans to go into space and the first naturalized U.S. citizen to become an astronaut.

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