#classof2017

[woodywoodpecker1941]

I’ve GRADUATED!!!!! With a REAL DIPLOMA!! 👩🏻‍🎓😭😱😃graduation #classof2017 #graduate #congratulations #highschool #teenagerposts #offtocollege (at Open High School (Virginia))

[somedrawingtumbler]

Even though I finished my Bachelor’s degree in December, I’m still a little butthurt that my graduation ceremony is still next week. #ClassOf2017.5

In other news, everyone else, including my brother @marxsterart, celebrated this morning after a tough finals week. Congrats, Marc. I love you 💕 #ClassOf2018 -han jin

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[allybea8]

Here's my cap I found the other day! I got inspired by combinations of different caps Pinterest and this was the final product!

[sendingmylove]

It’s been a year since we graduated 😱 #rutgers #alumni #classof2017

[local-idiot-heartbroken-blog]

What a throwback, quite fitting for the wave of new graduates coming in

[upinaipina]

2017 vs. 2018 👩‍🎓🇮🇩👩🏽‍🎓🇳🇦🍍 Congrats for both of us! Some #throwback pictures will be uploaded next 🔜 . . #classof2017 #classof2018 #hawkalumni #graduation #graduationseason (at University of Maryland Eastern Shore)

[zodimelevsblog-blog]

Well it was a beautiful moment for the Class of 2018 and I'm proud of y'all!However, let's not forget that the Class of 2017 also made HISTORY and will always be a LEGEND that will be IRREPLACEABLE for the rest of the future generations! We are celebrating 1 year anniversary when we graduated on May 27, 2017! So people from all over the world🌎 I just want y'all to know to respect this important Holiday which is really important to us. We don't wanna hear anything negative, or about going to work, or hear anything from the BOSS because that can be solved any other day! People understand that this is FAMILY TRADITION and we have to celebrate this 1st Anniversary no matter what!😂Guys (Class of '17) as y'alls grandma my advise to y'all is to enjoy this day because we are remembering our day that changed our lives and we should reward ourselves today also! This day was made to relax and to enjoy this SPECIAL DAY! This is the moment we were waiting for a lonnnnng time!😂 Happy 1st year Anniversary! I'm proud of y'all! Congrats!📚🎓#Classof2017 #2017aLEGEND! #May272017 #Honored #EAGLES17

[mrilopez]

#classof2017 & #classof2018 #mybabies #proudmom

[heldyourpride]

4.5 years later and I DID IT!!! I’m so happy to have called Iowa state my home for the last 2 years. The memories I made here will stick with me for a lifetime. I’m so thankful for everyone I’ve met and have helped me through this journey. Thank you all for everything. Back to LA! #classof2017 #graduation #isugrad (at Iowa State University)

[spikethebillyidolwannabe]

I did it! 🦅💚 #untgrad #untgrad2017 #classof2017 #unt #meangreen #unt2017 (at University of North Texas)

[photographyswift-blog]

@taylorswift I remember my first week of high school, we were given an assignment to introduce ourselves through a presentation of someone that we looked up to, most students talked about their parents, I remember that one girl talked about a cricket player and how the sport had brought her family together, I talked about you. About how, because of you and your words I never felt like I was completely alone. 5 years later, those ideas and beliefs are more true than ever. You were there for me through my hardest times, I cried to Dear John the day I got my heart completely broken by a boy who did not care about anyone but himself, and I cried to it time and time again, You made me feel like someone understood the heartbreak I felt, the regret I had, the blame I put on myself for letting him treat me horrendously, but you also helped me move on. You gave me the courage to go to school everyday, even when I felt like I would never be okay. During panic attacks and nights filled with nightmares, I thought of your words telling me that I am not were I have been and that no one could hurt me now. I danced to your music while getting ready for school, listened to it when I had no one to hang out with and got into trouble for listening to it during math tests. I sang love story, enchanted, you are in love, fearless and so many more as I fell in love with my boyfriend. I made up danced routines with my best friends, danced at lunch time, cried at your concerts and lived life with your music as my soundtrack. I was known as the girl who loved Taylor Swift, I annoyed fellow students with how excited I was for new music, got named ‘little miss swiftie’ at the end of year nine by one of my teachers,  was immediately looked at whenever there was any Taylor Swift references and people rolled their eyes whenever I mentioned your name. But the thing that those people did not know, was just how much you were there for me when no one else was. Last night I graduated from my high school, I danced to ready for it as I got ready and rocked out to shake it off with one of my best friends at the end of the night and of course, I found a picture of you and had to take a picture of my own. Thank you for creating a soundtrack for the most memorable years of my life and most of all, thank you for supporting me through all the ups and downs. I love you, you are my inspiration to try my hardest to be a good human, to try my best and to face each day despite anything that has happened. Thank you @taylorswift. 

[nasa]

10 Questions About the 2017 Astronaut Class

We will select between eight and 14 new astronaut candidates from among a record-breaking applicant class of more than 18,300, almost three times the number of applications the agency received in 2012 for the recent astronaut class, and far surpassing the previous record of 8,000 in 1978.

The candidates will be announced at an event at our Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas at 2 p.m. EDT on June 7. You can find more information on how to watch the announcement HERE.

1. What are the qualifications for becoming an astronaut?

Applicants must meet the following minimum requirements before submitting an application.

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in engineering, biological science, physical science, computer science or mathematics. 

Degree must be followed by at least 3 years of related, progressively responsible, professional experience or at least 1,000 hours of pilot-in-command time in jet aircraft

Ability to pass the NASA Astronaut physical.

For more information, visit: https://astronauts.nasa.gov/content/faq.htm

2. What have selections looked like in the past?

There have been 22 classes of astronauts selected from the original “Mercury Seven” in 1959 to the most recent 2017 class. Other notable classes include:

The fourth class in 1965 known as “The Scientists: because academic experience was favored over pilot skills. 

The eighth class in 1978 was a huge step forward for diversity, featuring the first female, African American and Asian American selections.

The 16th class in 1996 was the largest class yet with 44 members – 35 U.S. astronauts and 9 international astronauts. They were selected for the frequent Space Shuttle flights and the anticipated need for International Space Station crewmembers.

The 21st class in 2013 was the first class to have 50/50 gender split with 4 female members and 4 male members.

3. What vehicles will they fly in?

They could be assigned on any of four different spacecraft: the International Space Station, our Orion spacecraft for deep space exploration or one of two American-made commercial crew spacecraft currently in development – Boeing’s CST-199 Starliner or the SpaceX Crew Dragon.

4. Where will they go?

These astronauts will be part of expanded crews aboard the space station that will significantly increase the crew time available to conduct the important research and technology demonstrations that are advancing our knowledge for missions farther into space than humans have gone before, while also returning benefits to Earth. They will also be candidates for missions beyond the moon and into deep space aboard our Orion spacecraft on flights that help pave the way for missions to Mars.

5. What will their roles be?

After completing two years of general training, these astronaut candidates will be considered full astronauts, eligible to be assigned spaceflight missions. While they wait for their turn, they will be given duties within the Astronaut Office at Johnson Space Center. Technical duties can range from supporting current missions in roles such as CAPCOM in Mission Control, to advising on the development of future spacecraft.

6. What will their training look like?

The first two years of astronaut candidate training will focus on the basic skills astronauts need. They’ll practice for spacewalks in Johnson’s 60-foot deep swimming pool, the Neutral Buoyancy Lab, which requires SCUBA certification. They’ll also simulate bringing visiting spacecraft in for a berthing to the space station using its robotic arm, Canadarm2, master the ins and outs of space station system and learn Russian. 

And, whether they have previous experience piloting an aircraft of not, they’ll learn to fly our fleet of T-38s. In addition, they’ll perfect their expeditionary skills, such as leadership and fellowship, through activities like survival training and geology treks.

7.  What kinds of partners will they work with?

They will join a team that supports missions going on at many different NASA centers across the country, but they’ll also interact with commercial partners developing spaceflight hardware. In addition, they will work with our international partners around the globe: ESA (the European Space Agency, the Canadian Space Agency, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency and the Russian space agency, Roscosmos.

8. How does the selection process work?

All 18,353 of the applications submitted were reviewed by human resources experts to determine if they met the basic qualifications. Those that did were then each reviewed by a panel of about 50 people, made up primarily of current astronauts. Called the Astronaut Rating Panel, that group narrowed to applicants down to a few hundred of what they considered the most highly qualified individuals, whose references were then checked.

From that point, a smaller group called the Astronaut Selection Board brought in the top 120 applicants for an intense round of interviews and some initial medical screening tests. That group is further culled to the top 50 applicants afterward, who are brought back for a second round of interviews and additional screening. The final candidates are selected from that group.

9. How do they get notified?

Each applicant selected to become an astronaut receives a phone call from the head of the Flight Operations Directorate at our Johnson Space Center and the chief of the astronaut office. They’re asked to share the good news with only their immediate family until their selection has been officially announced.

10. How does the on boarding process work?

Astronaut candidates will report for duty at Johnson Space Center in August 2017, newly fitted flight suits in tow, and be sworn into civil service. Between their selection and their report for duty, they will make arrangements to leave their current positions and relocate with their family to Houston, Texas.

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[minsdecute]

“It always seems impossible until it's done." -Nelson Mandela. I always doubted if i would make it. Still think as if it was a dream. I learn that faith and hard work are a combo you need to get things done. Love #throwback #graduationpictureday #classof2017 #securitytechnology

[shakethemdreads]

When your graduation photos turn into a photo shoot with your car 🤷🏻‍♀️

[anaheimily]

I did it!! 🎓🎓🎓 #CUDenverGrad #alumni #classof2017 #psychmajor #leadershipminor

[mad-props-armory]

That’ll do it! After 4 1/2 years at Georgia Southern University I’ve graduated and am moving forward with the next stage of my life. It’s gonna be busy, uncertain, and exhilarating and I’m looking forward to every second of it!!! Thank you so much to my wonderful, supportive, and loving parents as well as my incredible girlfriend who have all helped me through this amazing stage (excuse the theatre pun) in my life. #college #graduation #theatre #liberalarts #classof2017 (at Hanner Fieldhouse)