Nicole Mann became the first Native American woman to go to space and the first woman to command a NASA commercial spacecraft.
Her parents still live in the Petaluma area.
"I just love growing up in Northern California," Mann told NBC Bay Area before the mission."There's always so much to do. Great community, the beach was close, the mountains were close if you wanted to go camping or skiing. Obviously, the city is right there if you want to enjoy the city life a little bit. So I think it was kind of a diverse environment to grow up in. It was really a big part of molding me into who I am today.
Mann, who flew F-18s in the Marine Corps, said she was grateful for the opportunity to take a flight into space. "This will be my first time leaving the planet," she said."People always talk about that first time you turn around and you get that glimpse of our planet from space. Personally, I'm really looking forward to that and wondering what that's going to feel like and what an amazing opportunity that I have."
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched four astronauts into space aboard a Dragon capsule on Wednesday, sending them to the International Space Station.
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