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Ellen Ochoa, an Uncommon card
Ellen Ochoa is an American engineer, former astronaut and former director of the Johnson Space Center.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 66
- DEF
- 57
- Power
- 123
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 120,000
Power 123 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 60 % of WikiCards cards.
Ellen Ochoa quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Ellen Ochoa card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
She was the first Latina director and the second female director of ______ Space Center.
Answer
Johnson. She was the first Latina director and the second female director of Johnson Space Center. From the Ellen Ochoa article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
In ____, Ochoa became the first Latina to go to space when she served on a nine-day mission aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery.
Answer
1990s. In 1993, Ochoa became the first Latina to go to space when she served on a nine-day mission aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. From the Ellen Ochoa article on Wikipedia.
Which of these cards hits hardest (highest ATK)?
Answer
Measure. Measure 72 · Elmer Bernstein 69 · Ellen Ochoa 66 · Adolphe Sax 62 ATK in WikiCards.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- In 1993, Ochoa became the first Latina to go to space when she served on a nine-day mission aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery.
- Ochoa became director of the center upon the retirement of the previous director, Michael Coats, on December 31, 2012.
- She was the first Latina director and the second female director of Johnson Space Center.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Ellen Ochoa article was read about 120,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 66 and blocks with 57: each hit it takes is cut by 23 %.
How to get Ellen Ochoa
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Ellen Ochoa (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : NASA, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.

