Nicole Aunapu Mann: First Native American Woman from NASA in Space

Nicole Aunapu Mann: First Native American Woman from NASA in Space

The first Indigenous woman from NASA has gone to space!

Selected as an astronaut candidate in June 2013, Nicole Aunapu Mann is the first Native American woman from NASA in space. In 2018, she was chosen as one of the nine astronauts to crew the first flight tests and missions of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon. In her first spaceflight, she launched to the International Space Station as commander of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on Oct. 5, 2022.

As mission commander, she will be responsible for all phases of flight, from launch to re-entry. Aboard the station, she serves as an Expedition 68 flight engineer.

View the Native American Heritage Month Gallery: 

https://www.nasa.gov/content/native-american-heritage-month

Astronaut Nicole Mann Official NASA Biography:

https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/nicole-a-mann

https://www.nasa.gov/astronauts/biographies/nicole-a-mann/biography

Credit: NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC)

Release Date: October 5, 2022

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