NASA精东影业 astronaut Nicole Aunapu Mann is set to become the first Native American woman to travel to the International Space Station (ISS) aboard a SpaceX Dragon spacecraft this year.
The Falcon 9 rocket and the Dragon Endurance spacecraft is scheduled for launch on September 29, 2022 from NASA精东影业 Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
This will be Mann精东影业 first spaceflight since becoming an astronaut in 2013. She will be the spacecraft commander responsible for all phases of flight, from launch to re-entry.
NASA’s mission will send and , JAXA astronaut , and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina to the no earlier than Sept. 29.
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Three other astronauts 鈥 NASA’s Josh Cassada, JAXA精东影业 Wakata Koichi, and Roscomos精东影业 Anna Kikina 鈥 will join Mann in the agency精东影业 SpaceX Crew-5 mission to the International Space Station.
Having earned a bachelor精东影业 degree in mechanical engineering from the US Naval Academy and a master精东影业 degree in mechanical engineering, Mann also served as a test pilot in the F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet fighters.
鈥淚t精东影业 very exciting,鈥 . 鈥淚 think it’s important that we communicate this to our community, so that other Native kids, if they thought maybe that this was not a possibility or to realize that some of those barriers that used to be there are really starting to get broken down.鈥
