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- [Announcer] Jasmin Moghbeli

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(applause)

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(applause)

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- I graduated today, only
a few hours ago here,

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from the Astronaut Candidate Program,

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and officially became an
active duty astronaut today.

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And it's really exciting to be following

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in the footsteps of
Lieutenant Colonel Mann,

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the first female to
graduate from this program

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as a active duty Marine Corps officer.

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She's been a great role model.

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My background that led to this point,

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and I think being in the
Marine Corps was a huge asset,

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and being a test pilot, and
the training since then,

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it's incredible because
some of the major courses

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we learned are robotics,
learning to speak Russian,

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learning about the International
Space Station its systems.

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(dramatic music)

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And learning how to do space walks.

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And then flying the T-38 jets.

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It's a super exciting time
to be in space exploration,

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in human space exploration.

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You've heard talk about the
International Space Station,

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we've been up there almost
20 years continuously now.

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We've got several new
vehicles on the horizon.

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Boeing and SpaceX both with
their commercial crew vehicles.

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NASA developing Orion and the SLS

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to go onto the Moon and to
Mars with Gateway Program.

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And so there are a lot of exciting things.

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Right now in my day to day,

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I'm focused on getting us to the Moon

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and the Human Lander System.

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When I graduated, I felt honored

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to be joining the company of
so many amazing women and men.