Nicole Aunapu Mann
Nicole Aunapu Mann | |||||||||||||||||
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NASA astronaut | |||||||||||||||||
Rank | Colonel, USMC | ||||||||||||||||
Time in space | 157d 10h 1m | ||||||||||||||||
Selection | NASA Group 21 (2013) | ||||||||||||||||
Total EVAs | 2 | ||||||||||||||||
Total EVA time | 14h 2m | ||||||||||||||||
Missions | SpaceX Crew-5 (Expedition 68) | ||||||||||||||||
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Nicole Victoria "Duke", becoming the first female commander of a NASA Commercial Crew Program launch.
Her first spaceflight launched in October 2022 and made her the first Native American woman in space.[6][7][8][9][10][11] She stayed in space for months, and on January 20, 2023, she became the first Native American woman to go on a spacewalk, which she went on with Koichi Wakata.[12]
Early life, background, and education
Nicole Victoria Aunapu Mann was born on June 27, 1977, to Howard and Victoria Aunapu and grew up in Penngrove, California.[3]
Her name Aunapu (a Germanised version of "õunapuu", meaning "apple tree") is Estonian, as her grandfather Helmuth Aunapu was from Tallinn in Estonia, but his family originated from the Estonian island of Hiiumaa. He emigrated in United States in the 1920s and later served as an engineer in the US Armed Forces.[13] Nicole Aunapu visited Estonia for the first time in September 2023.[14]
Of Wailaki heritage, she is an enrolled member of the Round Valley Indian Tribes.[15][2][9][16]
Mann graduated in 1995 from
Military career
After graduate school, Mann attended
NASA career
In 2013, Mann was selected as one of the eight members of
Mann is also in training for the international
Personal life
Mann is married to Travis R. Mann, with whom she has a son. In an interview with National Geographic in December 2020, she said she and her son often sit outside looking at the Moon, and "Hopefully someday, he'll be able to watch Mom fly by and walk on the moon."[23]
Awards
As a student at the Naval Academy, Mann played soccer and was an Academic All American. She was a Trident Scholar and a Distinguished Graduate. During her military career, she received two
References
This article incorporates public domain material from Melanie Whiting. Nicole A. Mann.
- ^ Speck, Emilee (March 8, 2019). "Meet NASA astronauts who will be first to launch on Boeing, SpaceX spacecraft". WKMG.
- ^ a b c d e f g Whiting, Melanie (August 4, 2018). "Nicole A. Mann (Col, U.S. Marine Corps) NASA Astronaut". NASA. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
- ^ a b "Nicole Victoria Aunapu "Duke" Mann". Biographies of U.S. Astronauts. Spacefacts. April 18, 2018. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
- ^ "NASA's Newest Astronauts Complete Training". NASA. July 9, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
- ^ "NASA Assigns Crews to First Test Flights, Missions on Commercial Spacecraft". NASA. August 3, 2018. Retrieved August 4, 2018.
- ^ "NASA astronaut Nicole Aunapu Mann will be the first Native American woman to travel to space". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
- ^ a b c d Stallard, Esme (August 18, 2022). "First Native American woman to travel to space". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
- ^ a b c Amos, Jonathan; Stallard, Esme (October 5, 2022). "Nicole Mann: Astronaut becomes first Native American woman in space". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
- ^ a b c Bennett-Begaye, Jourdan (August 10, 2022). "First Native woman in space". Indian Country Today. IndiJ Public Media. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
- ^ a b Bennett-Begaye, Jourdan (October 5, 2022). "First Indigenous woman launching into space". Indian Country Today. IndiJ Public Media. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
- ^ a b Bennett-Begaye, Jourdan (October 5, 2022). "First Indigenous woman launches into space aboard SpaceX". APTN News. APTN. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
- ^ "NASA astronaut becomes first Native American woman to conduct spacewalk". KRIS 6 News Corpus Christi. January 23, 2023.
- ^ "Esimene naine Kuul? Eesti juurtega Nicole Aunapu Mann teeb kosmoseajalugu" Postimees, January 22, 2020 (in Estonian with an interview in English; "First female on Moon? Nicole Aunapu Mann, who makes space history, has Estonian roots")
- ^ https://news.err.ee/1609114931/astronaut-nicole-aunapu-mann-makes-first-trip-to-ancestors-home-in-estonia
- ^ a b Bennett-Begaye, Jourdan (August 13, 2022). "Astronaut Nicole Aunapu Mann will make history as the first Native woman to fly into space". Anchorage Daily News.
- ^ a b Bennett-Begaye, Jourdan (August 18, 2022). "Becoming the First Native Woman in Space". North Coast Journal. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
- ^ a b Kovner, Guy (June 18, 2013). "Nicole Aunapu Mann, Marine pilot, claims one of eight NASA training slots". Santa Rosa Press Democrat. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
- ^ "2021 Navy Women's Soccer Media Guide" (PDF). Navy Midshipmen. August 31, 2021. p. 47. Retrieved December 28, 2021.
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration. "2013 Astronaut Class". NASA. Retrieved June 19, 2013.
- ^ "NASA's Commercial Crew Program Target Test Flight Dates". August 2, 2018. Retrieved August 3, 2018.
- ^ "NASA reassigns Starliner crew members to SpaceX Crew-5 mission". Space Explored. October 6, 2021. Retrieved October 6, 2021.
- ^ "NASA's SpaceX Crew-5 Mission". blogs.nasa.gov. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
- ^ a b Drake, Nadia (December 9, 2020). "One of these astronauts may be the first woman on the moon". National Geographic. Archived from the original on February 19, 2021. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
External links
- NASA Astronaut Bio
- Nicole Aunapu Mann on Twitter