Eugene H. Trinh
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Nationality American Vietnamese
Date Of Birth 1950-09-14
Status Retired
Type Payload Specialist
Astronaut Biography
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 as a Payload Specialist, becoming the first Vietnamese American astronaut in space.
