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Full Name	Joseph M. Acaba
Date Of Birth	May 17, 1967(1967-05-17)
Age	57
Birthplace	Inglewood
Country	United States
Birth City	California
Horoscope	Taurus

Joseph M. Acaba Biography

Joseph M. Acaba is one of the most popular and richest Educator who was born on May 17, 1967 in Inglewood, California, United States.

Joseph Michael “Joe” Acabá (born May 17, 1967) is an American educator, hydrogeologist, and NASA astronaut. 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. 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. Acabá served as a Flight Engineer aboard the International Space Station, having launched on May 15, 2012. He arrived at the space station on May 17 and returned to Earth on September 17, 2012. Acaba returned to the International Space Station in 2017 as a member of Expedition 53/54.

In 1990, Acaba received his Bachelor’s degree in Geology from the University of California, Santa Barbara and in 1992, he earned his Master’s degree in Geology from the University of Arizona. Acaba was a Sergeant in the United States Marine Corps Reserve where he served for six years. He also worked as a hydrogeologist in Los Angeles, California. Acaba spent two years in the United States Peace Corps and trained over 300 teachers in the Dominican Republic in modern teaching methodologies. He then served as Island Manager of the Caribbean Marine Research at Lee Stocking Island in the Exumas, Bahamas. Upon his return to the United States, Acaba moved to Florida where he became Shoreline Revegetation Coordinator in Vero Beach. He taught one year of science and math in high school and four years at Dunnellon Middle School. He also briefly taught at Melbourne High School in Melbourne, Florida. Upon his return to Earth in Fall 2012, Acaba began coursework for a Ph.D. in education from Texas Tech University through a distance learning program.

Joseph M. Acaba Net Worth

Joseph M. Acaba is one of the richest Educator from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Joseph M. Acaba 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Acaba’s parents, Ralph and Elsie Acabá, from Hatillo, Puerto Rico, moved in the mid-1960s to Inglewood, California where he was born. They later moved to Anaheim, California. Since his childhood, Acaba enjoyed reading, especially science fiction. In school, he excelled in both science and math. As a child, his parents constantly exposed him to educational films, but it was the 8-mm film showing astronaut Neil Armstrong’s Moon landing which really intrigued him about outer space. During his senior year in high school, Acaba became interested in scuba diving and became a certified scuba diver through a job training program at his school. This experience inspired him to further his academic education in the field of geology. In 1985, he graduated with honors from Esperanza High School in Anaheim.

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On May 15, 2012, Acaba was one of three crew members launching from Kazakhstan aboard the Soyuz TMA-04M spacecraft to the International Space Station. He and his fellow crew members, Gennady Padalka and Sergei Revin, arrived and docked with the space station two days after launch, on May 17 at 4:36 UTC. Acaba, along with Padalka and Revin, returned to Earth on September 17, 2012, after nearly 125 days in space.

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In 2017 it was announced that Acaba would be returning to the ISS for his third mission, onboard Soyuz MS-06. The Soyuz vehicle was originally slated to launch with a crew of 2, due to the Russian crew cuts on the ISS for 2017, however at short notice it was decided that the 3rd seat would be filled by an experienced astronaut and would be funded by Roscosmos to cancel out owed debts. Acaba’s backup for the mission was Shannon Walker, who was scheduled to fly as prime crew on Soyuz MS-12 as part of Expedition 59/60, although as of December 2018, she is not assigned to that crew Acaba launched on Soyuz MS-06 on September 12, 2017, performing a 6-hour rendezvous with the ISS. On October 20, 2017, Acaba and Randy Bresnik performed an EVA to continue with the lubrication of the new end effector on the robotic arm, and to install new cameras. The duration was 6 hours and 49 minutes. During the mission Acaba’s home in Houston was flooded by Hurricane Harvey and Hurricane Maria struck his native Puerto Rico.

What did Joseph Acaba do?

Joseph M. Acaba was selected by NASA in 2004. The California native has logged a total of 306 days in space on three missions. In 2009, Acaba flew aboard STS-119 on the Space Shuttle Discovery to the International Space Station to deliver the final pair of power-generating solar array wings and a truss element.

When was Joseph Acaba born?

May 17, 1967 (age 55 years)

Where is Joseph Acaba from?

Inglewood, CA

How many Mexican astronauts are there?

Name Birth dateComment

2| Rodolfo Neri Vela February 19, 1952| First Mexican in space.
3| Franklin Chang-Diaz April 5, 1950| First Costa Rican astronaut
4| Sidney M. Gutierrez June 27, 1951| First U.S.-born Hispanic astronaut
5| Ellen Ochoa May 10, 1958| First female Hispanic astronaut

How many astronauts are there?

Astronauts. As of May 2020, the corps has 48 “active” astronauts consisting of 16 women and 32 men or 33.3% female and 66.7% male The highest number of active astronauts at one time was in 2000 when there were 149. All of the current astronaut corps are from the classes of 1996 (Group 16) or later.