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2 unusual facts about John Herrington


John Herrington

The flag had been presented to him by Chickasaw Nation Governor Bill Anoatubby.

Radmilla Cody

In 2002, Cody sang the Navajo version of The Star-Spangled Banner at the Kennedy Space Center as John Herrington became the first enrolled member of a Native American nation to fly into space.


Al Qöyawayma

In 2002, astronaut John Herrington, a member of the Chickasaw tribe, took one of Qöyawayma's ceramic pots into orbit aboard Space Shuttle mission STS-113, which docked with the International Space Station.


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