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we keep pushing the boundaries of what's

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possible because we're evolving we're

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growing we're learning

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we as a human race have always done that

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and we should continue to do that

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my name is Nicole Mann and I am the

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spacecraft Commander for NASA's SpaceX

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crew 5 Mission to the International

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I was born in Northern California just a

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little bit above San Francisco and I

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lived there until I graduated from high

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school I was interested in math and

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science and I really enjoyed playing

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soccer that as a young person I think

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got me developed into working on a team

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and really enjoying that I knew that I

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wanted to go to college I became

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interested in military service as well I

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think it was a part of being on a team

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and part of being of something bigger

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than just me Annapolis the Naval Academy

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served a great engineering school as

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well as an incredible soccer team I

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studied mechanical engineering because

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you could study in a classroom but then

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you could actually create something and

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prove that concept when I graduated I

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was commissioned as a second lieutenant

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in the United States Marine Corps and

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fortunately I had the opportunity to

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continue my education at Stanford

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University after Stanford I went off to

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the basic school and then off to flight

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school in the Marine Corps when I had

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the opportunity to put in what we call

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our wish list of what we'd like to fly

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F-18 Hornets were at the top of my list

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didn't realize that I wanted to be an

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astronaut until a little bit later in

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life

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I think for me there's always goals that

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I set in life and then when you achieve

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that goal you kind of look and say okay

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well what next what else could I do and

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naturally NASA and becoming an astronaut

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was something that definitely appealed

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to me

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getting that phone call being selected

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to become an astronaut was overwhelming

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your joy you're amazed you're excited

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you're in awe and you think for a second

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did this really happen Am I Dreaming

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this is this real space flight

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introducing NASA astronauts Nicole on a

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[Applause]

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to the International Space Station

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I feel like we've been training for a

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long time and we're ready to go

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but the idea of actually launching and

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leaving the planet for the first time

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sometimes it still feels like a dream to

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me

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we explore for the benefit of all

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humankind

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from space when you look at Earth You

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Don't See borders you don't see

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boundaries

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you see a human race

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and you realize if we work together the

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things that we're able to accomplish are

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incredible