Indian-origin Anil Menon, a lieutenant colonel with the US Air Force and SpaceX's first flight surgeon, has been selected by NASA among the 10 new astronauts who could fly to the Moon someday.
"Today, we welcome 10 new explorers 10 members of the Artemis generation," NASA administrator Bill Nelson said during the ceremony. "It was the Apollo generation, and that did so much for so many. Now it s the Artemis generation." At Harvard University, Menon studied neurobiology and conducted research on Huntington s disease. 🔬 NASA Picks Indian-Origin Anil Menon Among 10 New Astronauts for Moon Mission.
Meet Anil Menon, one among 10 new astronauts picked by NASA for Moon mission - Anil Menon also spent a year in India as a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholar to study and support polio vaccination.
Indian origin Anil Menon a lieutenant colonel with the US Air Force and SpaceX s first flight surgeon has been selected by NASA among the 10 new astronauts who could fly to the Moon someday