Wairaki Round Valley Indian Tribe astronaut Nicole Aunap Man is set to become the firstNative Americanwoman to go into space as part ofNASA. A new crew ofhas arrived at the International Space Station (ISS).
Ms. Mann will head to her ISS, which is scheduled to launch on September 29th.
She will be in charge of Crew 5 her mission, which will include NASA astronaut Josh Kasada, Russian astronaut Anna Kikina, and Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency astronaut Koichi Wakata. is.
A Native American astronaut leads all phases of flight, from crew launch at her Kennedy Space Center in Florida to re-entry into Earth's atmosphere. .
"It's very exciting," Mann told digital daily Indian Country Today (ICT)on Thursday.
Ms. Mann hopes her space travel will show her Native American children that some barriers that once existed are 'starting to crumble' .
"I think it's important to communicate this to our community so that other native children probably think this is not possible or have never been there. It's about realizing that some of the barriers that were there actually exist, and they're starting to break down," she said.
She is from California, she has a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering, and she was selected by NASA in June 2013.
She is also a Marine Colonel. She served as a test pilot and was deployed twice to an aircraft carrier for combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
According to her NASA profile page, Ms. Mann has received two Air Medals, two Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medals, and two Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medals. increase.
At the space agency, she completed intensive training on her ISS Spacewalks, Russian language training, robotics, physiology training, flight training, water and wilderness survival her training.
Mr. Mann was also placed on NASA's shortlist for the first mannedArtemis missionto themoon.
In preparation for the mission, the crew underwent training at her NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston and spacecraft training at her SpaceX in Hawthorne, California, according to the US Space Agency. , also trained in systems and payloads.
