Eugene H. Trinh

Eugene H. Trinh
Born
Eugene Huu-Chau Trinh

(1950-09-14) September 14, 1950 (age 74)
Saigon, South Vietnam
NationalityAmerican / Vietnamese
CitizenshipAmerican
OccupationBiochemist
Space career
NASA Payload Specialist
Time in space
13 days 19 hours 30 minutes
MissionsSTS-50
Mission insignia

Eugene Huu-Chau "Gene" Trinh (Vietnamese: Trịnh Hữu Châu, born September 14, 1950) is a Vietnamese American biochemist who flew aboard NASA Space Shuttle mission STS-50[1] as a Payload Specialist, becoming the first Vietnamese American astronaut in space[2][3] and the second Vietnamese in space (after cosmonaut Phạm Tuân).

  1. ^ Becker, Joachim. "Spaceflight mission report: STS-50". www.spacefacts.de. Retrieved 2015-09-23.
  2. ^ "Asian-Americans in Aviation Online Exhibition". Exhibits. San Diego Air & Space Museum. Retrieved 20 November 2012. Dr. Trinh is the first Vietnamese-American to go to outer space.
  3. ^ Sonneborn, Liz (2007-01-01). Vietnamese Americans. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 9781438107172.