The first Native American woman ever to travel to space will take flight this week on a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule, NASA says.
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. The first Native American woman ever to travel to Earth’s orbit will take flight this week on a SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule. The astronaut, NASA’s Nicole Aunapu Mann, will serve as mission commander. The former US Marine Corps pilot’s role can be thought of as the crew’s quarterback.
The big numbers that make the Artemis I mission a monumental feat Diversity in space Mann’s mission, dubbed Crew-5, will mark the sixth astronaut launch that SpaceX has carried out in partnership with NASA since 2020 as part of a broader effort to outsource human spaceflight and other ISS activities to the private sector.
Meet the space trailblazers of color who empowered others to dream Since then, NASA has worked to make its astronaut corps more diverse. The space agency’s new, cornerstone human spaceflight program, called Artemis, aims to land the first woman and first person of color on the moon. The Artemis program hasn’t taken off yet, as NASA is still working to get its mega moon rocket off the ground.
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