Thursday, May 13, 2021

Celebrating Asian-American Heritage Month: Eugene Trinh, first Vietnamese-American astronaut



Eugene Trinh, born September 14, 1950 in Saigon, Vietnam, is the first Vietnamese-American to go into space.  He went aboard Columbia (STS-50) as a Payload Specialist in June-July 1992. 

He was Director of the Physical Sciences Research Division at NASA.  He received the Golden Torch Award from the Vietnamese American National Gala in Washington DC.  


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