John Herrington, born September 14, 1958 Wetumka, Oklahoma in the Chickasaw Nation, is the first enrolled member of a Native American tribe to fly into space. He flew aboard Endeavour (STS-113) as mission specialist in November-December 2002. During the mission, he performed three EVAs with fellow astronaut with fellow astronaut Michael Lopez-Alegria for a total of almost 20 hours.
He was commander of the NEEMO 6 mission of NASA's Aquarius underwater laboratory in July 2004.
On November 21, 2019, he was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame.
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