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[Marine Corps Maj. Jasmin Moghbeli]

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(crowd clapping)

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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 that it's really exciting,

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to be following in the footsteps of Lt. Col. Mann

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the first female to graduate from this program

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as an 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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um and I think being in the Marine Corps was a huge asset

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and being a test pilot,

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and the training since then.

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It's incredible because some of the major courses we learned

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are robotics, learning to speak Russian,

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learning about the International Space Station

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and its systems,

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(light music)

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and learning how to do space walks so,

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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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and human space exploration.

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Um' you 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 to go on to the moon

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and to Mars with the Gateway program.

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And so there are a lot of exciting things.

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Um, right now, my day to day, I'm focused on

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getting us to the moon and the human mind,

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that 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.

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(crowd clapping)