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Revision as of 00:00, 20 February 2022
Anna Menon | |
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| Born | Anna Wilhelm |
| Status | Active |
| Alma mater | Texas Christian University (B.Math and B A. Spanish) Duke University (MSc-BME) |
| Space career | |
| SpaceX Astronaut | |
Current occupation | SpaceX Lead Operations Engineer/Mission Director |
Time in space | None |
| Missions | Polaris Dawn |
Anna Menon is an American astronaut. Menon was selected as a commercial astronaut on the Polaris Dawn mission, scheduled for the end of 2022.[1] Menon worked for NASA for seven years before joining SpaceX, where she serves as chief engineer of space operations.
Education
Menon earned a Bachelor of mathematics and Spanish degree from Texas Christian University and a Masters of Science degree in biomedical engineering from Duke University.[2]
Career
Social Service
Menon was an active worker towards providing relief to the victims of the 2015 earthquakes in Nepal. She helped them out with WHO's water and sanitation response along with other agencies like Engineers Without Borders. She began thinking about space in her school when her teacher took her on an excursion to NASA's facilities.[2]
NASA Career
Prior to SpaceX, Anna was a NASA biomedical flight controller for International Space Station.[3] There she assisted ISS crews from NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas, supervised engineers from other nations, and commanded biomedical operations for Soyuz MS-01.[2]
SpaceX Career
Anna Menon is currently at SpaceX as one of its Mission Directors, where she helps development of SpaceX manned spaceflight missions and currently works at SpaceX headquarters in Hawthorne, California. Anna served as mission director on several Dragon missions. At SpaceX, she manages the execution of Dragon manufacturing and operates as Crew Communications Operator.[2][4]
Menon was selected to be a mission specialist and chief medical officer for the Polaris Dawn mission, by spacecraft commander and billionaire Jared Isaacman.[1] The mission is expected to launch from Kennedy Space Center Launch Complex 39A by the end of 2022.[5]
Personal life
Menon is married to Anil Menon, lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force, NASA astronaut candidate and a former SpaceX Medical Director.[6] They have two children.[7] She appeared in the five-episode docuseries entitled Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space, released on Netflix in September 2021.[8]
References
- ^ a b "Jared Isaacman, who led the first all-private astronaut mission to orbit, has commissioned 3 more flights from SpaceX". Retrieved 2022-02-17.
- ^ a b c d "Anna Menon". polarisprogram.com. Retrieved 2022-02-16.
- ^ Quint, The (2022-02-17). "SpaceX Engineer Anna Menon Part of Crew for New Mission Called 'Polaris Dawn'". TheQuint. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
- ^ "Meet Anna Menon, crew member of SpaceX mission and wife of Kerala-origin astronaut candidate". OnManorama. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
- ^ "Meet the crew: SpaceX engineer Anna Menon to be on next space mission announced by Jared Isaacman". The Economic Times. Retrieved 2022-02-18.
- ^ Mars, Kelli (2021-12-03). "NASA Astronaut Candidate Anil Menon". NASA. Retrieved 2021-12-22.
- ^ "Who Is Anna Menon? The SpaceX Engineer Part Of Mission Polaris Dawn". Retrieved 2022-02-16.
- ^ Petski, Denise (3 August 2021). "Netflix Greenlights 'Inspiration4' All Civilian Space Mission Docuseries From 'The Last Dance' Team". Deadline Hollywood.
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