Nicole Mann

Nicole Victoria "Duke" Aunapu Mann is a Native 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. 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, but subsequently reassigned to the SpaceX Crew-5, becoming the first female commander of a NASA Commercial Crew Program launch.

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Nicole A. Mann; Nicole Aunapu Mann; Nicole Mann; Nicole V. Aunapu; Nicole Victoria Aunapu
military officer, astronaut, association football player, Air Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, Women of the Year, 

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  Expedition 68 ⓘ
  68th long-duration stay on the International Space Station

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  SpaceX Crew-5 ⓘ
  NASA Commercial Crew Program mission to the International Space Station

United States, 

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ISS-68 Nicole Mann swaps samples inside the Microgravity Science Glovebox

The crew of the SpaceX Crew-5 mission before the launch.

U.S. Navy Adm. Mark Ferguson, right, the vice chief of naval operations, receives an autographed 8-ball from three visiting astronauts from NASA's 2013 astronaut candidate class at the Pentagon, Arlington Va 140131-N-TK177-031

SpaceX Demo-2 Preflight (NHQ202005270021)

ISS-68 Astronauts Koichi Wakata, Josh Cassada, and Nicole Mann

NASA Astronaut Nicole Aunapu Mann visited Estonia on 2023-09-26 - Nicole Aunapu-Mann at Teaduskeskus AHHAA (53217489971)

Bill Nelson looks on the SpaceX Crew-5 crew as they prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A.

The crew of the SpaceX Crew-5 mission before the launch.

Official Portrait of NASA Astronaut Nicole Mann with Boeing flight suit

Type	Subtype	Date	Description	Notes	Source
class	spaceflight	2022	Expedition 68	Andrey Fedyayev, Anna Kikina, Dmitrij Petelin, Francisco Rubio, Jessica Watkins, Josh A. Cassada, Kjell Lindgren, Koichi Wakata, Nicole Mann, Robert Hines, Samantha Cristoforetti, Sergey Prokopyev, Stephen Bowen, Sultan Al Niadi, Warren Hoburg, expedition to the International Space Station,	Wikidata
class	spaceflight	2022	SpaceX Crew-5	Anna Kikina, Josh A. Cassada, Koichi Wakata, Nicole Mann, human spaceflight	Wikidata
commons	image		Iss068e022312		Commons
commons	image		ISS-68 Nicole Mann swaps samples inside the Microgravity Science Glovebox		Commons
commons	image		The crew of the SpaceX Crew-5 mission before the launch.		Commons
commons	image		U.S. Navy Adm. Mark Ferguson, right, the vice chief of naval operations, receives an autographed 8-ball from three visiting astronauts from NASA's 2013 astronaut candidate class at the Pentagon, Arlington Va 140131-N-TK177-031		Commons
commons	image		SpaceX Demo-2 Preflight (NHQ202005270021)		Commons
commons	image		ISS-68 Astronauts Koichi Wakata, Josh Cassada, and Nicole Mann		Commons
commons	image		NASA Astronaut Nicole Aunapu Mann visited Estonia on 2023-09-26 - Nicole Aunapu-Mann at Teaduskeskus AHHAA (53217489971)		Commons
commons	image		Bill Nelson looks on the SpaceX Crew-5 crew as they prepare to depart the Neil A. Armstrong Operations and Checkout Building for Launch Complex 39A.		Commons
commons	image		The crew of the SpaceX Crew-5 mission before the launch.		Commons
commons	image		Official Portrait of NASA Astronaut Nicole Mann with Boeing flight suit		Commons