Iranian American Jasmin Moghbeli is selected by NASA for next generation of astronauts
Independent hub for Iran-related News/Events, Kodoom.com: NASA has chosen from a list of more than 18,300 applicants 12 men and women including Yasmin (Jasmin) Moghbeli, an Iranian American woman, as the agency’s new astronaut candidates.
The Iranian-American Jasmin Moghbeli, 33 is a Major in U.S. Marine Corps and considers Baldwin, New York, her hometown. She earned a bachelor’s degree in aerospace engineering with information technology at MIT, followed by a master’s degree in aerospace engineering from the Naval Postgraduate School. She also is a distinguished graduate of the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School. Moghbeli currently tests H-1 helicopters and serves as the quality assurance and avionics officer for Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron 1 in Yuma, Arizona.
Vice President Mike Pence joined NASA leaders Wednesday as they introduced the members of the 2017 astronaut class during an event at the agency’s Johnson Space Center in Houston. The astronaut candidates will return to Johnson in August to begin two years of training. Then they could be assigned to any of a variety of missions, including: performing research on the International Space Station, launching from American soil on spacecraft built by commercial companies, and departing for deep space missions on NASA’s new Orion spacecraft and Space Launch System rocket.
“We look forward to the energy and talent of these astronauts fueling our exciting future of discovery,” acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot said. “Between expanding the crew on board the space station to conduct more research than ever before, and making preparations to send humans farther into space than we’ve ever been, we are going to keep them busy. These candidates are an important addition to the NASA family and the nation’s human spaceflight team.”
Jasmin's Iranian parents, Fereshteh and Kami, live in Florida and her brother Kaveh resides in Pennsylvania. She will report for duty in August 2017.
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