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Woodland Park High School graduate is off to the International Space Station

A Woodland Park High School graduate is off to the International Space Station. Nichole Ayers, who also graduated from the United States Air Force Academy, is on board the SpaceX Dragon.
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SOUTHERN COLORADO — A Woodland Park High School graduate is off to the International Space Station (ISS). Nichole Ayers, who also graduated from the United States Air Force Academy, is on board the SpaceX Dragon.

Nichole Ayers and her crew
The crew of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-10 mission poses for a photo during a crew equipment interface test (CEIT) inside SpaceX’s new Dragon processing facility at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. From left, Roscosmos cosmonaut Kirill Peskov, mission specialist; NASA astronauts Nichole Ayers, pilot and Anne McClain, commander; and JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) astronaut Takuya Onishi, mission specialist, participated in the CEIT, which plays an important role in familiarizing crew members with the interior of the Dragon spacecraft ahead of their four-month mission to International Space Station.

She's serving as the mission pilot and will be with the crew for six months on the ISS. They plan to conduct more than 200 experiments, including testing material flammability and studies on human health for deep space exploration.

This launch was originally planned for Wednesday, but a problem with the hydrologic system on the ground delayed it.

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Liftoff was just after 5 p.m. Friday.

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