Shawna Pandya to become third Indian-origin woman to travel to space!
As a child, she loved space and she loved the stars. Today, she’s become the third Indian-origin woman, after Kalpana Chawla and Sunita Williams, to go to space.
32-year-old Shawna Pandya, who is a neurologist by profession, is all set to be a part of an eight-member crew of an expedition in 2018.
Pandya will be conducting experiments with bio-science and medical science, as well as studying the effects of micro gravity on health and physiology in space. She will also study climate change as a part of the Polar Suborbital Science in the Upper Mesosphere (PoSSUM) project.
The Mumbai-born Canadian doctor is one of the two candidates shortlisted from 3,200 people in the Citizen Science Astronaut program.
Apart from being a medical professional, the multi-talented woman is ...