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This Marine colonel went from flying fighter jets to exploring space

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Nicole Mann is the Military Times' 2024 Marine of the Year. She led a multinational team into space for a nearly six-month stay aboard the International Space Station. Mann is a member of the Wailacki Indian Tribes, the first Native American woman in space. She is a graduate of Williams College, where she was the editor of the newspaper.

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This Marine colonel went from flying fighter jets to exploring space

As a child growing up in Northern California, Marine Col. Nicole Mann would look at the stars and wonder if she could ever explore them herself. But becoming an astronaut never seemed like a serious possibility.“It seemed like some far, far distant thing that other people got a chance to do,” she recalled.But in 2022, Mann got her chance.Serving as a NASA astronaut, she led a multinational team into space for a nearly six-month stay aboard the I…

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