Shawna Pandya
Genius Punnagai|February 2017

The 3rd woman of Indian origin to go into space .

Shawna Pandya

In November 1997, Kalpana Chawla became the first woman of Indian origin to travel in space as the mission specialist and primary robotic arm operator aboard the US space shuttle Columbia. In December 2006, Sunita Williams became the second woman of Indian origin to venture into space. In 2018, Shawna Pandya will become only the third woman of Indian origin to go into space.

A general physician, 32-year-old Shawna Pandya is one of the two candidates shortlisted from 3,200 people enrolled in the Citizen Science Astronaut (CSA) program. She will fly with eight other astronauts in space missions slated to take off by 2018. 

A Woman of many talents

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