Anna Menon
Anna Menon | |
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Menon in 2025 | |
| Born | Anna Wilhelm December 24, 1985 Houston, Texas, U.S. |
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| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Space career | |
| SpaceX commercial astronaut NASA astronaut candidate | |
Previous occupation | Lead Space Operations Engineer at SpaceX |
Time in space | 4 days, 22 hours, 13 minutes |
| Selection | NASA Group 24 (2025) |
| Missions | Polaris Dawn |
Anna Menon (née Wilhelm; born December 24, 1985) is an American engineer and NASA astronaut candidate, formerly employed by SpaceX as lead space operations and a mission director. She flew on Polaris Dawn, a private human spaceflight mission operated by SpaceX on behalf of Jared Isaacman. During the September 2024 mission, she served as the onboard medical officer and, along with Sarah Gillis, set the record for women traveling farthest from Earth. She was selected in September 2025 as a member of NASA Astronaut Group 24.
Menon previously worked as a biomedical flight controller at NASA for seven years, overseeing operations at the International Space Station before joining SpaceX and returning to NASA as an astronaut.