Franklin R. Chang-Diaz

Franklin R. Chang-Díaz was born on April 5, 1950 in San Jose, Costa Rica. His father’s name is Mr. Ramón A. Chang-Morales, he is Chinese. His mother’s name is Mrs. María Eugenia Díaz De Chang, she is Costa Rican. Franklin lived in Costa Rica with them when he was a boy and he later moved to the United States. He is married to the former Peggy Marguerite Doncaster of Alexandria, Louisiana. He has four children. And he has several brothers and sisters. His mother, brothers, and sisters still reside in Costa Rica. His father has passed away. Franklin resides with his family in Houston, Texas.
Franklin dreamed of being an astronaut when he was a little boy. He and his friends would pretend that a big cardboard box was a spaceship and they were all astronauts. As an older boy, he would look at the night sky every night to see the trajectory of Sputnik – the first satellite that was sent into orbit by the Soviet Union in 1957. He graduated from Colegio De La Salle in Costa Ri...