Nicole Victoria Aunapu Mann is a NASA astronaut from the class of 2013. Nicole Mann is a Major in the U.S. Marine Corps. Originally from Penngrove, California, she is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, Stanford University and the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School. Mann is an F/A 18 pilot, currently serving as an Integrated Product Team Lead at the Naval Air Station Patuxent River.