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John Herrington

United States

John Herrington is an American former United States Navy aviator and NASA astronaut who became the first enrolled member of a Native American tribe, the Chickasaw Nation, to fly in space, aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour mission STS-113 in November 2002. During the mission he performed three spacewalks to help continue assembly of the International Space Station, and he carried a Chickasaw Nation flag with him into orbit.

Facts
Birth Date
1958-09-14 2
Birth Year
1958 2
Nationality
American 2
Notable Mission
STS-113 2
Dating
Selection Year
1996 1
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1. John Herrington (Wikipedia)
Wikipedia John Herrington lead section infobox, selection field (w-bbfill-edspace5-0927)View the Source
2. John Herrington - Wikipedia
  • Infobox, birth_date
    1958-09-14
  • Introduction, first sentence, parenthetical
    September 14, 1958
  • Infobox, citizenship
    Chickasaw Nation and U.S.
  • Infobox, mission
    STS-113
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Wikidata: John Herrington
Wikidata Q45082, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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