Jasmin Moghbeli is from Baldwin, and this will be her first space flight. Moghbeli became a NASA astronaut in 2017.
BALDWIN, Long Island -- NASA and the European Space Agency recently selected two astronauts to launch on NASA's SpaceX Crew-7 mission to the International Space Station, and one of them is from Long Island.Moghbeli became a NASA astronaut in 2017 after earning a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering from MIT and a Master's degree from the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California.
She also graduated with honors from the U.S. Naval Test Pilot School in Patuxent River, Maryland. At the time of her selection as an astronaut, Moghbeli was testing H-1 helicopters and serving as the quality assurance and avionics officer for VMX-1. Her mission will keep her in space for six months, and she will be able to video chat with her twin girls once a week."It does come with costs of being away from them during training and missions," she said."But I hope they watch us and learn it's important to go after things you're really passionate about, and they do the same thing."
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