Question: Facts:   - mission: sts-84 , sts-97    - type: nasa astronaut    - insignia: 30px30px    - status: retired    - selection: 1994 nasa group    - rank: lieutenant colonel , usmc      - birth date: 8 october 1959    - name: carlos ismael noriega    - time: 20d 01h 18m    - nationality: united states peru    - image: carlos noriega.jpg    - birth place: lima , peru    - alma mater: university school , m.s. 1990 of southern california , b.s. 1981 naval postgraduate    - occupation: marine aviator   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of carlos i. noriega .
Answer:
carlos ismael noriega -lrb- born 1959 -rrb- is a peruvian and u.s. citizen , nasa employee , a former nasa astronaut and a retired u.s. marine corps lieutenant colonel .