our frontline hero of the game, colonel nicole mann!o school at rancho cotate high school in rohnert park. after there, i went to annapolis, the united states naval academy in maryland. i knew i wanted to serve in the military, and i was interested in engineering, and so that was a great school for both of those. after that, i went to grad school back here in california at stanford university, and then off to flight school in the marine corps. i got my wings and learned to fly the f/a-18, which is a hornet, and did two combat deployments off the aircraft carrier uss enterprise in iraq and afghanistan. man: what's more exciting, your first landing on a carrier, or blastoff on spacex? oh, let's see. first landing on a carrier or launching on spacex from the planet. both were so exciting. both were beginnings of new chapters in my life. i was a commander of crew-5, and that's a spacex spacecraft. it's incredible to be in space. mom, look, i'm finally in space! [laughter] we launched from kennedy space center in florida to the international