Unlike previous SDSS surveys which obtained spectra only at the centers of target galaxies, MaNGA (Mapping Nearby Galaxies at APO) enables spectral measurements across the face of each of ~10,000 nearby galaxies thanks to 17 simultaneous "integral field units" (IFUs), each composed of tightly-packed arrays of optical fibers. MaNGA's goal is to understand the "life history" of present day galaxies from imprinted clues of their birth and assembly, through their ongoing growth via star formation and merging, to their death from quenching at late times. Original acknowledgement for data: Funding for the Sloan Digital Sky Survey IV has been provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science, and the Participating Institutions. SDSS-IV acknowledges support and resources from the Center for High-Performance Computing at the University of Utah. The SDSS web site is www.sdss.org. SDSS-IV is managed by the Astrophysical Research Consortium for the Participating Institutions of the SDSS Collaboration including the