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Joseph M. Acaba

1967 - Today

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Joseph Michael Acabá (born May 17, 1967) is an American educator, hydrogeologist, and NASA astronaut. In May 2004, he became the first person of Puerto Rican ancestry to be named as a NASA astronaut candidate, when he was selected as a member of NASA Astronaut Training Group 19. He completed his training on February 10, 2006, and was assigned to STS-119, which flew from March 15 to 28, 2009, to deliver the final set of solar arrays to the International Space Station. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Joseph M. Acaba has received more than 340,611 page views. His biography is available in 38 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 34 in 2019). Joseph M. Acaba is the 323rd most popular astronaut (down from 279th in 2019), the 11,875th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,621st in 2019) and the 147th most popular American Astronaut.

Memorability Metrics

  • 340k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 41.21

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 38

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.86

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 4.22

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Joseph M. Acabas by language

Over the past year Joseph M. Acaba has had the most page views in the with 34,496 views, followed by Spanish (6,288), and Persian (1,809). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Swahili (198.32%), Arabic (88.42%), and Basque (70.98%)

Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Joseph M. Acaba ranks 323 out of 556. Before him are Thomas Akers, Mike Massimino, Karl Gordon Henize, John M. Lounge, John-David F. Bartoe, and Frederick D. Gregory. After him are Robert D. Cabana, Naoko Yamazaki, Oleg Artemyev, George D. Zamka, Joan Higginbotham, and Alvin Drew.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1967, Joseph M. Acaba ranks 445. Before him are Toshihiko Koga, Alan Gilbert, Nobuhiro Takeda, Alberto Otárola, Jeff Jarrett, and Anita Wachter. After him are Jenny Erpenbeck, Matthew Barney, Nick Clegg, Palhinha, Marc Warren, and Andrew Dominik.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Joseph M. Acaba ranks 11,875 out of 20,380. Before him are Josh McDermitt (1978), Jon Abrahams (1977), Tania Raymonde (1988), James Williamson (1949), Einar Haugen (1906), and John Bell Hatcher (1861). After him are Jonathan Breck (1965), Norma McCorvey (1947), Alice Evans (1971), Steven M. Greer (1955), Louis A. Johnson (1891), and D'Arcy Carden (1980).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In United States

Among astronauts born in United States, Joseph M. Acaba ranks 147. Before him are Thomas Akers (1951), Mike Massimino (1962), Karl Gordon Henize (1926), John M. Lounge (1946), John-David F. Bartoe (1944), and Frederick D. Gregory (1941). After him are Robert D. Cabana (1949), George D. Zamka (1962), Joan Higginbotham (1964), Alvin Drew (1962), James van Hoften (1944), and Robert L. Gibson (1946).

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