Breaking barriers

As of March 2022, only 75 women had ever made it to space. Nicole Aunapu Mann just increased that number, with another notable feat added on top – she's the first-ever Native American woman to fly into outer space. 

🚀 To infinity... Nicole is commanding the Crew Dragon capsule, a six-month mission composed of five astronauts completing over 200 experiments while in orbit.

💬 ... and beyond: “I think 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.”