nicole mann had higher ambitions than that. ambitions that took her to space.n a mission that shattered the glass ceiling she made little girls everywhere proud. she told betty yu what she wants to do next and what she wants the next generation to know. >> first one through will be nicole mann, commander of dragon. and now the first native american woman. >> reporter: nicole mann return to earth earlier this year after spending six months aboard the international space station. as the first native american woman in space, she told a crowd in her hometown of petaluma she wants to inspire others to take the small steps that lead to giant leaps . >> i think there is a great responsibility that comes with that in it goes back to communicating with the younger generation and especially young, indigenous women and kids throughout the world. that unfortunately they live in an area where they don't realize we have astronauts living in space continuously for over 23 years . i am honored to be a part of it. >> reporter: she conducted hundreds of experiments including car

the first one through the hatch will be nicole mann, commander. now, the first native american woman. >> nicole returned to earth earlier this year after spending six months aboard the international space station. as the first native american woman in space, she told a crowd in her hometown of petaluma that she wants to inspire others to take the small steps that lead to giant leaps. >> there is a great responsibility that comes with that and then goes back to communicating with a younger generation, especially young indigenous women. maybe they live in an area where they don't realize that we have astronauts living in space continuously for over 23 years. >> so honor just to be a part of a. >> reporter: nicole conducted experiments and technology demonstrations alongside her crew. she entertained the crowd with stories about everyday life. >> how young were you when you had this dream as a girl growing up in petaluma? >> for me, it was not until later on in life. i was interested in space as a kid. >> there were many young people in the audience

nicole mann will be the first native american woman. >> reporter: nicole mann returned to earth after spending time at the international space station. she told a crowd in her hometown of petaluma that she wants to inspire others to take the small steps that lead to giant leaps. >> i think there is a great responsibility that goes back to communicating with the younger generation, and especially young and indigenous, so women and kids, that maybe they live in an area where they don't realize that we have astronauts living in space continuously for over 23 years. >> reporter: nicole conducted hundreds of experiments, including cardiovascular health tests and technology demonstrations alongside her crew. she is told stories of her life. >> for me it was not until later on in life. i was interested in math and science and space as a kid but i had never met an astronaut. >> reporter: there were many in the audience who did not get to meet an astronaut before. >> it was impressive that she was able to -- it gives me hope that maybe i can do something really important as well. >> reporter:

nicole mann got a hero's welcome by her. >> hometown of petaluma.kron four's, philippe djegal tells us tonight petaluma as mayor and the city council also proclaimed today as the cole mandate. >> a fitting entrance for the pride of petaluma nasa commander nicole man showered with an extended jubilant reading tuesday by thousands of students from 5 different schools in the city of petaluma. hard to even describe the emotions because coming back home and seeing all the kids and they're so excited and inspired. and i just hope that they can follow along on my journey and the story and hopefully that keeps them keeps their dreams like you here. by proclaimed tuesday, 9/19/2023. >> as nicole mandate than a comb and a proclamation presented my high school. >> the commander addressed the crowd saying becoming an astronaut. >> was not always in the cards. was your age. i didn't have it all figured out. but i knew i wanted to serve in the military. i want to be part of something bigger than just me. man is married living in houston, texas, now raising an 11

how nicole mann is inspiring the next generation. >>> normally, you want to stay indoors during extreme weather but these extreme kite boarders had other ideas. this is actually an official contest. you can see these kite boarders taking on gale force winds over the north sea. apparently the conditions needed for this event are so specific the riders from all over the word only had a 36 hour notice to get to the beach and compete. this was the first time in four years the mega loop has been held and a rider from italy took on the top prize. it is like mavericks for surfers but this is for kite boarders. i guess that guy is pretty happy. >>> that is it for the afternoon edition. we will see you back here [ relaxing music ] >> douglas: i hate seeing you so sad, mom. if you could find a way to give dad another chance, i know we would make a happy family. >> hope: sweetheart... ♪♪

we speak to nicole mann >>>it is exciting. a short week for the 49ers. playing their homeowner on thursday night. felt like a home game at so-fi. >> two games on the road. playing on thursday. let me tell you something, sunday, they play the rams, 78 snaps, that is like 78 head on collisions, four days later they are going to do it again? >> yep. >> oh, my gosh, get happy, everybody. thursday night. >> i am looking forward to it. night game, kicking it off at levi stadium. >> not everyone is ready for thursday night. wide receiver is dealing with a shoulder injury, jules. a game time decision. he was injured on the opening drive last sunday but did manage to gut it out and finish the game. all right, a linebacker warner is off to a strong start on and off of the field. fred and his wife, sydney, look, started their own weekly podcast this season. called the warner house. in this clip fred explained to sydney what it means to be voted a captain. >> there are four stars under that c, for every year you are captain you get a star filled in >> this reminds m

. >> nicole mann, the first indigenous woman to go to space and the bay area native is going to be in petaluma today. she's going to visit schools to discuss her 5 month. stay. >> on the international space station and do a presentation at the petaluma women's club and the petaluma city council will proclaim september 19th the coal mandate. nicole man grew up in petaluma. she enlisted in the u.s. naval academy. she went to stanford and then was deployed twice to iraq and afghanistan with the marines. and she joined the nasa program in 2013. wow. she's going to review her stage i don't know she's going to be doing a yelp review to say, you know, the bathrooms, how the accommodations that was a can you imagine sleeping >> and how is the yeah. the weather in space mind-controlled i'm sure inside the space station like i mentioned, kind of cold up there, >> down, you know, you need to heat up there for sure. you know what? we don't need to be climate controlled the bay today because we are looking at 60's to 70's. it's pretty nice out there. get outside. enjoy the what is going to be anot

. >> a fitting entrance for the pride of petaluma nasa commander nicole mann showered with an extendedesday by thousands of students from 5 different schools in the city of petaluma. hard to even describe the emotions because coming back home and seeing all the kids and they're so excited and inspired. and i just hope that they can follow along on my journey and the story and hopefully that keeps keeps their dreams like to hear by proclaimed tuesday, 9/19/2023. >> as nicole mandate than a comb and a proclamation presented my high school. >> the commander addressed the crowd saying becoming an astronaut. >> was not always in the cards. was your age. i didn't have it all figured out. but i knew i wanted to serve in the military. i want to be part of something bigger than just me. man is married living in houston, texas, now raising an 11 year-old son having served in the u.s. marine corps flying f eighteens before joining nasa. >> but cherishes any chance she has to come back home during her visit. she shook as many hands as she could signed autographs and visited with students who are p

anna nicole mann was greeted by thousands of students from 5 different schools. this a mann spent 5 months aboard the space station becoming nasa's first native american woman in space commanders rest the crowds with words of inspiration. >> that's a barrier in way right down there. asked for help, get the help that you can don't be worried to stumble on the way all worth it >> all right. words of wisdom there and served in the u.s. marine corps before joining nasa. let a all right. the time now 5.46, and we ought to get you moving on a wednesday middle of the week here. i know the main topic of the morning we've been talking about is the air quality is telling you, john, not too long ago was in the car. lot. it may be out and change the oil. i smell a lot of smoke, but we know it's the air quality, not my car. this is solely a smell that you're like, oh, that's not a good thing for sure. and it is the wildfire smoke in northern california. >> that is resulting in that smell. so not your neighbors nothing here locally. it's definitely just from further north coit

. >> a fitting entrance for the pride of petaluma nasa commander nicole mann showered with an extendedilant reading tuesday by thousands of students from 5 different schools in the city of petaluma. hard to even describe the emotions because coming back home and seeing all the kids and they're so excited and inspired. and i just hope that they can follow along on my journey and the story and hopefully that keeps them. >> their dreams like to hear by proclaimed tuesday, 9/19/2023. >> as nicole mandate than the comb and a proclamation presented my high school. >> the commander addressed the crowd saying becoming an astronaut. >> was not always in the cards. i was your age. i didn't have it all figured out. but i knew i wanted to serve in the military. i want to be part of something bigger than just me. man is married living in houston, texas, now raising an 11 year-old son having served in the u.s. marine corps flying f eighteens before joining nasa. >> but cherishes any chance she has to come back home during her visit. she shook as many hands as she could signed autographs and visited

. >> a fitting entrance for the pride of petaluma nasa commander nicole mann showered with an extendedilant reading tuesday by thousands of students from 5 different schools in the city of petaluma. hard to even describe the emotions because coming back home and seeing all the kids and they're so excited and inspired. and i just hope that they can follow along on my journey and the story and hopefully that keeps them keeps their dreams like to hear by proclaimed tuesday, 9/19/2023. >> as nicole mandate than a comb and a proclamation presented my high school. >> the commander addressed the crowd saying becoming an astronaut. >> was not always in the cards. was your age. i didn't have it all figured out. but i knew i wanted to serve in the military. i want to be part of something bigger than just me. man is married living in houston, texas, now raising an 11 year-old son having served in the u.s. marine corps flying f eighteens before joining nasa. >> but cherishes any chance she has to come back home during her visit. she shook as many hands as she could signed autographs and visited wi

. >> a fitting entrance for the pride of petaluma nasa commander nicole mann showered with an extendedilant reading tuesday by thousands of students from 5 different schools in the city of petaluma. hard to even describe the emotions because coming back home and seeing all the kids and they're so excited and inspired. and i just hope that they can follow along on my journey and the story and hopefully that keeps them. >> their teams like you here by proclaimed tuesday, 9/19/2023. >> as nicole mandate than the comb and a proclamation presented my high school. >> the commander addressed the crowd saying becoming an astronaut. >> was not always in the cards. was your age. i didn't have it all figured out. but i knew i wanted to serve in the military. i want to be part of something bigger than just me. man is married living in houston, texas, now raising an 11 year-old son having served in the u.s. marine corps flying f eighteens before joining nasa. >> but cherishes any chance she has to come back home during her visit. she shook as many hands as she could signed autographs and visited wi

well, nasa commander nicole mann was greeted by thousands of students, 5 different schools in the citynn spent 5 months aboard the space station becoming nasa's first native american woman in space. the commander addressed the crowd. words of inspiration. take a listen. >> that's a barrier in way right down there. asked for help, get the help that you can don't be worried to stumble on the way all worth it >> that's right. breaking those barriers and served in the u.s. marine corps before joining nasa. i just feel like we need more role models like her. she's pretty incredible rain. i don't know where find another one. like all smart. she has to be do all credit. 42 done liked. >> god fly an f 18. you know, a plane says look outside of the kids. arts. i'd like all right. let's take a look outside because the big story that we're following today with team coverage. >> is the air quality. so let's going we're going to take a look. i think we have a shot sfo. everything here to out like this are key. yeah. and you're thinking, oh, it's just a foggy day, but that's kind of what i thought y

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