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Ground Report | New Delhi: Who is Anil Menon; NASA on Monday announced a team of 10 new astronauts for its future mission. Indian-origin physician Anil Menon is part of this new NASA team.
Menon will begin work in this new role at NASA from January next year.
Who is Anil Menon
Born in Ukraine, Minnesota, USA to an Indian immigrant family, Anil joined Space-X in 2018 and served as chief flight surgeon during five launches there. In 2014, he served as a deputy crew surgeon with the International Space Station.
He has previously served as a flight surgeon for crews sent by NASA to the International Space Station.
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Anil Menon, 45, was selected for this NASA team after applying for the fifth time. In November this year, French astronaut Thomas Pesquet, who was in space for six months from the Espace-X capsule, was safely ejected from his Dragon capsule by Anil Menon.
"It would be great that I can feel the experience physically now," Menon told FP news agency. Talking about his medical research, he said, "I think my understanding of medicine will help keep people healthy and safe." ,
In 1999, Anil Menon received a bachelor's degree in neurobiology from Harvard University and a master's degree in mechanical engineering from Stanford University in 2004.
In 2009, he graduated from Stanford Medical School with a Doctor of Medicine. During his Harvard days, Menon researched Huntington's disease and spent a year in India as a Rotary Ambassador Scholar to study polio vaccination.
Menon also joined the California Air National Guard and gained experience on the drug of the wild through remote adventure races such as Racing the Planet.
Six men and four women selected
Six men and four women have been selected from 12,000 applicants for the 2021 team. The candidates will now have to undergo two years of training.
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They will have to participate in a basic astronaut training program, in which the knowledge and skills required to fly in space will be developed in the candidates.
The candidates will be given Army-like water survival skills, training to fly NASA's T-38 jet and scuba driving training to be able to spacewalk.
Final selection as an astronaut will be done only after these candidates pass the training with 'certification level' i.e. mere joining this team does not guarantee final inclusion in the mission.
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