Anna Menon is an American astronaut and a principal space operations engineer at SpaceX, who was selected as a crew member for the 2022 space mission ‘Polaris Dawn’ on 14 February 2022.
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Wiki/Biography
Anna Wilhelm Menon is from Houston, Texas.
An excerpt from Anna Menon’s Instagram profile
She first dreamed of flying in space in the fourth grade when her teacher Alison Smith Balch (daughter of Space Shuttle Challenger pilot Michael J. Smith) took her to NASA’s Johnson Space Center. At the space station, Anna experienced a day in the life of an astronaut and flight controller in the mission control center, which enthralled her.
Anna Menon’s childhood photo at NASA’s Johnson Space Center
After receiving bachelor’s degrees in mathematics and Spanish from Texas Christian University in Fort Worth, Texas, he earned a master’s degree in biomedical engineering from Duke University in North Carolina.
Physical Appearance
Height (Approx): 5′ 5″
Hair Color: Medium Blonde
Eye colour: Light brown
Family
parents and siblings
Anna Menon’s father’s name is Chandler Wilhelm and mother’s name is Laura Wilhelm.
Anna Menon with her father
Anna Menon with her mother
She has two siblings, a sister, Rachel Wilhelm, and a brother, Alex Wilhelm.
Anna Menon with her sister Rachel Wilhelm
Anna Menon with her brother Alex Wilhelm
husband and children
On October 15, 2016, she married Indian-American physician Anil Menon at St. Paul United Methodist Church, 5501 Main St., Houston, TX 77004. Anil is a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Air Force, emergency medicine physician and. NASA astronaut candidate. Anil, born to a Ukrainian mother and an Indian father, was raised in Minnesota, USA. Together, they have a son named James Menon (born in 2018) and a daughter named Grace Elizabeth Menon (born in 2020).
Anna Menon with her husband and children
relationships/affairs
In 2013, Anna Wilhelm was introduced to Anil Menon at a mutual friend’s party, where they danced together to Carly Rae Jepsen’s song ‘Call Me Maybe’. While talking to the media at the party, Anil took Anna in his arms, Anna was surprised by this gesture. At that time they were working together in NASA. As a result, after three dates, Anil proposes to Anna at Lucy Peveto’s art gallery.
Anil and Anna working together on SpaceX mission
livelihood
NASA
Before joining SpaceX, he worked at NASA for seven years as a biomedical flight controller. At NASA, he assisted the space station staff from the Mission Control Center, helped integrate international partner engineers and medical care, and led the planning and execution of all biomedical operations for Expedition 47/48.
spacex
In addition to being the mission director, the engineer also works as a crew communicator for SpaceX. He has managed the development of crew operations and worked in mission control at SpaceX. Headquartered in Hawthorne, California, SpaceX is an American aerospace manufacturer and provider of space transportation services, founded by tech billionaire Elon Musk. At SpaceX, Menon led the implementation of Dragon’s crew capabilities and has also assisted in the development of the Crew Communicator Operator role. The Dragon spacecraft developed by SpaceX is known for its ability to return significant amounts of cargo to Earth and is the first private spacecraft to carry humans to the space station. He also developed operational responses to vehicle emergencies such as fire and cabin depressurization, a process in which conditioned air is pumped into the spacecraft to create a safe and comfortable environment for the crew flying at high altitudes. He has served in mission control during several cargo and Crew Dragon missions including Demo-2, Crew-1, and more. CRS-22 and CRS-23. On 14 February 2022, he was selected to be part of the crew of the space mission ‘Polaris Dawn’, a planned private human spaceflight mission operated by SpaceX on behalf of Jared Isaacman, CEO of Shift4 Payments. The human spaceflight was set to launch in the fourth quarter of 2022 from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida, United States. For space flight, he served as medical officer and mission specialist. In addition to Jared Isaacman and Anna Menon, the crew includes American pilot Scott Poteet and American astronaut Sarah Gillis.
(Left to right) Polaris Dawn crew – Jared Isaacman, Anna Menon, Sarah Gillis and Scott Poteet
Facts/General Knowledge
- In her free time, Ana enjoys hiking, flying small airplanes, and salsa dancing.
- She appeared in the 2021 American five-part documentary ‘Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space’, which was released and streamed on Netflix.
Countdown: Inspiration4 Mission to Space (2021)
- During the 2015 earthquake in Nepal, he actively worked with the World Health Organization (WHO) for the water and sanitation response. He has also volunteered with the NGOs Engineers Without Borders and Engineering World Health.
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