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Did You Know Katya Echazarreta, the First Mexican-Born Woman To Go to Space, is in ‘Elio’?

Sandra Lopez — Tue, 24 Jun 2025 18:38:36 +0000

Elio is the latest animated feature from Disney Pixar to center on a Latine protagonist. And Katya Echazarreta is in it!

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Katya Echazarreta Gets Planetarium Named in Her Honor — Here’s Where

Kiko Martinez — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 14:42:24 +0000

A planetarium in Mexico City has been named after Katya Echazarreta, the first Mexican-born woman to travel to space. The Katya Echazarreta Planetarium was opened inside the newly built Utopia Libertad, a park in the East side borough of Mexico City known as Itzapalapa. Along with the planetarium, the park, which is free to the

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Katya Echazarreta Honored With Her Very Own Barbie

Kiko Martinez — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 15:46:57 +0000

Katya Echazarreta, the first Mexican-born woman to travel to space, has been honored with something else that’s out of this world. Just in time for International Women’s Day (March 8), Mattel announced that they have created a Barbie doll in Echazarreta’s likeness as part of its Barbie Dream Gap Project, a global initiative the company

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Katya Echazarreta Wants ‘Mission to the Moon, Full of Mexicans’

Kiko Martinez — Thu, 02 Feb 2023 16:21:54 +0000

Katya Echazarreta, the first Mexican-born woman ever to travel to space, wants to see the aerospace industry strengthen in her home country. That, however, means new laws must be passed by Mexico’s legislation to build the necessary framework to launch rockets in space. “I have been visiting Congress, the Senate, [and] we are currently working

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INTERVIEW: Katya Echazarreta Talks Importance of Education & ‘Mexican Mission to the Moon’

Kiko Martinez — Tue, 20 Dec 2022 16:46:22 +0000

Katya Echazarreta was forever changed on June 4, 2022, when she became the first Mexican-born woman ever to travel to space. Echazarreta and five other passengers were launched more than 62 miles above the Earth’s surface on a Blue Origin rocket, the fifth passenger flight funded by billionaire Jeff Bezos. Now, Echazarreta, who is a

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7 Celebrities We’d Like to Invite Over This Thanksgiving 2022

Kiko Martinez — Wed, 23 Nov 2022 17:04:24 +0000

Grab the turkey from the oven, open a couple of cans of cranberry sauce, get the tamales ready, and set out the tableware that matches and isn’t chipped. Thanksgiving 2022 is finally here! That means it’s time for some good eatin’, but also time to bring the people you love together to cherish those relationships.

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Katya Echazarreta Reunites with McDonald’s for HACER National Scholarship — Here’s How to Apply

Kiko Martinez — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 14:17:40 +0000

As a first-generation student, Katya Echazarreta, the first Mexican-born woman to travel to space, is working to help other young, Latine leaders have confidence in themselves and realize their dreams just as she has. Echazarreta is partnering with McDonald’s for the HACER National Scholarship Program, which is special for her as McDonald’s was one of

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Katya Echazarreta Joins New Series — Here’s Where You Can Watch

Kiko Martinez — Wed, 26 Oct 2022 14:54:01 +0000

Electrical engineer Katya Echazarreta who, this past summer, became the first Mexican-born woman to go to space, is sharing her scientific knowledge in a new series. The show is called Oddly Satisfying Science and is currently streaming its first five episodes on Curiosity Stream. On the series, Echazarreta and other science influencers assist host and

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Katya Echazarreta, First Mexican-Born Woman To Go to Space, on Cover of Vogue México

Remezcla Estaff — Tue, 11 Oct 2022 16:23:10 +0000

In June, Katya Echazarreta, a 27-year-old electrical engineer, made history when she became the first Mexican-born woman to travel to space. Now, she’s gracing the cover of Vogue México as a “voice of change.” For the cover, Echazarreta wears the uniform she wore aboard NS-21 for the Blue Origin space mission. The rest of the photos within the cover story feature

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WATCH: Katya Echazarreta Made It to Space & Said It ‘Changed My Outlook on Life’

Kiko Martinez — Tue, 07 Jun 2022 14:50:29 +0000

Katya Echazarreta has finally gone where no Mexican-born woman has gone before – to space. On Sunday (June 5), Echazarreta and five other passengers took the ride of their lives when they were launched more than 62 miles above the Earth’s surface on a Blue Origin rocket. It was the fifth passenger flight funded by

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