Nichole Ayers

Nichole "Vapor" Ayers is a major in the United States Air Force and NASA astronaut candidate. She is currently a resident of Colorado Springs, Colorado.[2][3]

Nichole Ayers
Born1988/1989 (age 32–33)[1]
San Diego, California, U.S.
StatusActive
Alma mater
Space career
NASA astronaut
RankMajor, USAF
SelectionNASA Group 23

Education

Nichole Ayers graduated from Woodland Park High School in Woodland Park, Colorado. Afterwards, she attended The United States Air Force Academy, where she graduated a bachelor's degree in mathematics in 2011. She later went on to earn a master's degree in computational and applied mathematics from Rice University in 2013.[4]

Career

In 2014, Nichole Ayers completed flight training, and flew the T-38 for an adversary squadron at Langley Air Force Base. She later became a flight instructor, providing adversary training to F-22 Raptor units based at Langley. In 2018, Ayers completed training for the F-22, and currently serves as a flight instructor for the F-22. Ayers has logged more than 200 flight hours during Operation Inherent Resolve.[4]

Astronaut candidacy

On December 6, 2021, Nichole Ayers was revealed to be one of ten candidates selected as part NASA Astronaut Group 23.

References
  1. Flynn, Colleen (December 6, 2021). "Colorado Air Force major chosen for NASA 2021 astronaut class". KDVR. Retrieved December 13, 2021.
  2. Margetta, Robert (December 6, 2021). "NASA Selects New Astronaut Recruits to Train for Future Missions". NASA.
  3. Butzer, Stephanie (December 6, 2021). "Colorado woman selected amid thousands as new NASA astronaut candidate". The Denver Post. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
  4. Mars, Kelli (December 3, 2021). "NASA Astronaut Candidate Nichole Ayers". NASA.
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