08/18/2022
As mission commander, Marine Col. Nicole Mann will be responsible for all phases of the flight, from launch to reentry.
"Becoming a Marine is no small feat, so becoming a Marine turned astronaut might simply sound out of this world.
Not, however, for Col. Nicole Mann, 45, a former F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet test pilot who will lead the upcoming SpaceX Crew-5 team to the International Space Station.
“It wasn’t until I was in my mid-twenties, flying jets in the Marine Corps, that I realized that being an astronaut was not only something that was a possible dream, but was actually something that was quite attainable,” Mann said during a team press conference Aug. 4."
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The former F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet test pilot will lead the upcoming SpaceX Crew-5 team to the International Space Station.