First Native woman in space readies for return home

Six months on board the International Space Station flew by for NASA astronaut Nicole Aunapu Mann, the first Native American woman in space. Now it’s time for her and SpaceX Crew-5 to return to Earth Saturday.

It’ll be more than a nine-hour journey from the orbiting laboratory for Mann, Wailacki of the Round Valley Tribes, and her three crew members — NASA astronaut John Cassada, astronaut Koichi Wakata of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Anna Kikina.

Crew-5 has been handing over their duties to the four new crew members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 who arrived at the space station March 3. Eleven crew members have been in orbit the last week and once Crew-5 leaves for Earth, seven will be aboard the space station.

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