Nicole Aunapu Mann information

Nicole Aunapu Mann
Nicole Aunapu Mann
	Mann in 2022
Born	Nicole Victoria Aunapu; June 27, 1977 (age 46); Petaluma, California, U.S.
Other names	Duke
Education	United States Naval Academy (BS); Stanford University (MS);
	Space career
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)
Mission insignia
Position(s)
Position(s)	Defender
College career
Years	Team
1995–1999	Navy Midshipmen

Nicole Victoria "Duke"^[1] Aunapu Mann (born June 27, 1977) is an American test pilot and NASA astronaut. She is an F/A-18 Hornet pilot and a graduate of the US Naval Academy, Stanford University, and the US Naval Test Pilot School.^[2]^[3] She has over 2,500 flight hours in 25 types of aircraft and 200 carrier landings, and has flown 47 combat missions in Iraq and Afghanistan. Mann completed astronaut training in 2015 and was assigned in August 2018 to Boe-CFT, the first crewed test flight of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner,^[2]^[4]^[5] but subsequently reassigned to the SpaceX Crew-5, 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]

^ Speck, Emilee (March 8, 2019). "Meet NASA astronauts who will be first to launch on Boeing, SpaceX spacecraft". WKMG.
^ ^a ^b Whiting, Melanie (August 4, 2018). "Nicole A. Mann (Col, U.S. Marine Corps) NASA Astronaut". NASA. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
^ "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.
^ Stallard, Esme (August 18, 2022). "First Native American woman to travel to space". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
^ 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.
^ Bennett-Begaye, Jourdan (August 10, 2022). "First Native woman in space". Indian Country Today. IndiJ Public Media. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
^ Bennett-Begaye, Jourdan (October 5, 2022). "First Indigenous woman launching into space". Indian Country Today. IndiJ Public Media. Retrieved October 6, 2022.
^ 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.

[1] Speck, Emilee (March 8, 2019). "Meet NASA astronauts who will be first to launch on Boeing, SpaceX spacecraft". WKMG.

[nasabio-2] Whiting, Melanie (August 4, 2018). "Nicole A. Mann (Col, U.S. Marine Corps) NASA Astronaut". NASA. Retrieved October 25, 2018.

[spacefactsbio-3] "Nicole Victoria Aunapu "Duke" Mann". Biographies of U.S. Astronauts. Spacefacts. April 18, 2018. Retrieved October 25, 2018.

[4] "NASA's Newest Astronauts Complete Training". NASA. July 9, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2015.

[nasacc_crew-5] "NASA Assigns Crews to First Test Flights, Missions on Commercial Spacecraft". NASA. August 3, 2018. Retrieved August 4, 2018.

[6] "NASA astronaut Nicole Aunapu Mann will be the first Native American woman to travel to space". www.cbsnews.com. Retrieved August 19, 2022.

[BBC-7] Stallard, Esme (August 18, 2022). "First Native American woman to travel to space". BBC News. British Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved October 6, 2022.

[BBC2-8] 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.

[ICT-9] Bennett-Begaye, Jourdan (August 10, 2022). "First Native woman in space". Indian Country Today. IndiJ Public Media. Retrieved October 6, 2022.

[ICT2-10] Bennett-Begaye, Jourdan (October 5, 2022). "First Indigenous woman launching into space". Indian Country Today. IndiJ Public Media. Retrieved October 6, 2022.

[APTN-11] Bennett-Begaye, Jourdan (October 5, 2022). "First Indigenous woman launches into space aboard SpaceX". APTN News. APTN. Retrieved October 6, 2022.

[12] "NASA astronaut becomes first Native American woman to conduct spacewalk". KRIS 6 News Corpus Christi. January 23, 2023.

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