Jasmin ‘Jaws’ Moghbeli earned her fierce nickname during her time as a decorated helicopter gunship pilot who flew more than 150 missions in Afghanistan.

The Marine Corps major, MIT graduate and college basketball player can now add another accomplishment to her burgeoning resume: the first Iranian-American astronaut.

Speaking after graduating in NASA’s latest cohort, the 36-year-old immigrant said she hoped her example might help inspire others from similar backgrounds.

“I would love for everyone to be able to be inspired by everyone, but it is a little easier to be inspired by someone who looks like you or has something in common with you, so I do hope there is that influence,” she said.

“But once I joined, they gave me absolute support,” she said, crediting the backing of her family, and later her partner Sam, whom she married three months ago, for her success.

President Donald Trump tore up the landmark nuclear deal signed by his predecessor and added Iran to a list of mainly Muslim countries whose nationals are banned from entering the US.