NASA宇航员妮可·A·曼的大拇指
Selected as an astronaut candidate in June 2013, Nicole A. Mann is the first Native American woman from NASA in space. In 2018, she was chosen as one of the nine astronauts to crew the first flight tests and missions of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner and SpaceX Crew Dragon. In her first spaceflight, she launched to the International Space Station as commander of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission aboard the SpaceX Crew Dragon spacecraft on Oct. 5, 2022.
As mission commander, she will be responsible for all phases of flight, from launch to re-entry. Aboard the station, she serves as an Expedition 68 flight engineer.
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2013年6月，妮可·A·曼被选为宇航员候选人，她是NASA第一位在太空工作的美国原住民女性。018年，她被选为波音CST-100星际飞船和SpaceX载人龙飞船的首批飞行测试和任务的九名宇航员之一。在她的第一次太空飞行中，她于2022年10月5日搭乘SpaceX载人龙飞船飞船，作为NASA SpaceX Crew-5任务的指挥官发射到国际空间站。
作为任务指挥官，她将负责从发射到返回的所有飞行阶段。在空间站上，她担任第68号远征队的飞行工程师。
图片来源：NASA/Bill Ingalls