# @nasa on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CjieSt5MXM9
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/412879-nasa-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2022-10-10T15:43:14.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** NASA (@NASA) — https://gondola.cc/NASA

## Caption

NASA is proud to celebrate Indigenous Peoples’ Day.⁣
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On Oct. 5, 2022, Nicole Aunapu Mann launched to the International Space Station (ISS) as commander of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-5 mission aboard the Dragon Endurance spacecraft. Mann is the first indigenous woman from NASA to go to space, and the first woman to command the Crew Dragon.⁣
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Mann is a part of the Wailacki of the Round Valley Indian Tribes. The California native holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering. Mann is also a Colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps and served as a test pilot in the F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet. She deployed twice aboard aircraft carriers.⁣
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In this image, Mann is pictured during a Crew Dragon cockpit training session at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. She is wearing a white SpaceX flight suit and helmet, flashing a smile at the camera and giving a thumbs up.⁣
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Credit: SpaceX⁣
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#Crew5 #IndigenousPeoplesDay #NASA #SpaceX #Astronaut #Space #SpaceStation #CrewDragon

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spacestation, indigenouspeoplesday, nasa, space, spacex, astronaut, crewdragon, crew5

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