Nicole Mann, known as Duke, is an American test pilot and NASA astronaut, an F/A-18 Hornet pilot and graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Stanford University and the United States Naval Test Pilot School. A United States Marine with more than 2,500 flight hours in 25 aircraft types, 200 carrier landings and 47 combat missions flown in Iraq and Afghanistan, she completed astronaut training in 2015 and was originally assigned to the first crewed test flight of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner before being reassigned to SpaceX Crew-5, on which she became the first woman to command a NASA Commercial Crew Program launch.
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However, in October 2021, Mann was moved to fly on SpaceX's Crew-5 mission as the spacecraft commander, scheduled to fly to the International Space Station on
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Mann completed astronaut training in 2015 and was assigned in August 2018 to Boe-CFT, the first crewed test flight of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner, but subsequently reassigned to the SpaceX Crew-5, becoming the first female commander of a NASA Commercial Crew Program launch.
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Mann completed astronaut training in 2015 and was assigned in August 2018 to Boe-CFT, the first crewed test flight of the Boeing CST-100 Starliner, but subsequently reassigned to the SpaceX Crew-5, becoming the first female commander of a NASA Commercial Crew Program launch.
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Nicole Victoria "Duke" Aunapu Mann (born June 27, 1977) is an American test pilot and NASA astronaut.
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Nicole Victoria "Duke" Aunapu Mann (born June 27, 1977) is an American test pilot and NASA astronaut.
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"name": "Nicole Aunapu Mann" ... "flights_count": 1
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