Nicole Aunapu Mann, a naval aviator and mechanical engineer, is set to become the first indigenous woman in space when she flies to the International Space Station this fall.
One of the Round Valley Indian Tribes native to Northern California is Mann. She has served in Iraq and Afghanistan and has flown in 25 different types of aircraft, according to Universe Today.
NASA is planning to launch the first Artemis mission later this month with the help of Mann.
Mann told Indian Country Today that he was excited. "It's important that we communicate this to our community, so that other Native kids, if they thought maybe that this was not a possibility or to realize that some of those barriers that used to be there are really starting to get broken down."
This is an achievement that deserves to be highlighted. In the last few years, NASA has had to grapple with its history of exclusion. While NASA shouldn't get any credit for righting wrongs that have been going on for a long time, we should celebrate the change-makers like Mann who are breaking decades-old barriers.
Mann wants to explore space with more than one Crew-5. Mann could be the first woman to step foot on the Moon if she is chosen to train for the Artemis Moon landings.
Mann talked about the chance to be chosen for the Moon landings in the best of ways that he could describe.
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