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Costa Rican native fulfills astronaut dream in Cambridge
Franklin Chang, born in Costa Rica, grew up speaking Spanish with $50 in his pocket, became a nuclear physicist, earned an MIT doctorate, and was chosen as a NASA astronaut candidate. He will begin space shuttle training on July 7 as a flight specialist and foresees 40 to 50 annual flights later in the decade.
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