TIME for Kids | Speaking from Space


Nicole Mann is a member of the Spherical Valley Indian Tribes. She treasures her dream catcher. Her mom gave it to her. Mann has had it since she was a woman. It’s a small hoop with a feather. It’s stated to supply safety. She believes it stored her protected when she flew 47 fight missions in Iraq and Afghanistan.

SUITED UP With Mann’s assist, astronauts Josh Cassada (left) and Rubio put together for a seven-hour spacewalk.

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Mann is now a NASA astronaut. Final October, she blasted off aboard a SpaceX Crew Dragon craft. She went to the Worldwide Area Station (ISS). Mann is the primary Native American girl in house. She took her dream catcher along with her.

Mann gave an interview to the Related Press (AP). She spoke of the energy she attracts from her tribal neighborhood.

A New View

Mann talked to the AP by the use of a video hyperlink. “[I] know that I’ve the assist of my household and neighborhood again house, and that when issues are tough or . . . I’m getting burned-out or pissed off, that energy is one thing that I’ll draw on,” she stated.

ALL SMILES Mann and astronaut Frank Rubio pose with their mission insignia on board the ISS. They’re 262 miles above the Pacific Ocean.

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What in regards to the so-called overview impact? That’s the sense of awe astronauts describe. They really feel it once they look down on the Earth from house.

“It’s an unimaginable scene of colour, of clouds and land,” Mann stated. “It’s tough to not keep within the cupola



cupola

ROBERTO MACHADO NOA—GETTY IMAGES

a small construction used for commentary
(noun)

The view from the cupola was wonderful.

all day and simply see our Planet Earth and the way lovely she is, and the way delicate and fragile



fragile

JAMIE GRILL—GETTY IMAGES

delicate; straightforward to interrupt or destroy
(adjective)

The lamp is fragile and should be dealt with with care.

she is.” The crew aboard the ISS consists of three Russian cosmonauts, three American astronauts, and one astronaut from Japan. Mann appreciates the facility of this worldwide collaboration.

TEAMWORK Flight engineers Mann and Koichi Wakata, of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Company, work collectively on the ISS.

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“What that does,” she says, “is it simply highlights our variety and . . . the great issues that we are able to . . . accomplish.”

As a woman, Mann was fascinated by house. However she didn’t perceive what it took to be an astronaut. And he or she didn’t know she might go to house too. Now she encourages younger individuals to dream large and goal for the celebs. Mann’s five-month mission aboard the ISS wraps up in March.

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