Joseph Acaba, born May 17, 1967 in Inglewood, California, is the first astronaut with Puerto Rican heritage. His parents moved from Puerto Rico to California in the mid-60s where he was born.
His first flight was aboard Discovery (STS-119) in March 2009 as mission specialist to the International Space Station. He conducted two EVAs, which included lubrication of the station arm grapple snares and installation of a Global Positioning System antenna to the Kibo Laboratory.
His second mission was aboard Soyuz TMA-04M May 15, 2012. He participated in Expeditions 31 and 32, returning to Earth September 17, after almost 125 days in space.
His third mission to the ISS was on Soyuz MS-06, on September 12, 2017, to participate in Expeditions 53 and 54. During the mission he and Randy Bresnik performed an EVA to continue lubrication of the new end effector on the robotic arm, and to install new cameras.
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