Native American NASA astronaut Nicole Mann hopes her experience will inspire indigenous youth to shoot for the stars.
NASA astronaut Nicole Aunapu Mann made history as the first Native American woman to launch into space.to blast off from Florida bound for the International Space Station. Mann, 45, became the first Native American woman to launch into space.
Mann, a member of the Wailacki of the Round Valley Indian Tribes in California, said she hopes future generations of Native Americans can feel inspired by her mission. . "Anytime we are able to do something that is a first, or wasn't done in the past, it's so important. They have these opportunities."Russian launches to space from US, 1st time in 20 years, amid tensions over Ukraine
Mann and her crew are set to join seven colleagues once they arrive at the space station: four NASA and European Space Agency astronauts and three Russian cosmonauts. The flight had been delayed by"You've got three rookies that are pretty happy to be floating in space right now and one veteran astronaut happy to be back in space as well," she said.
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