: Who Is Anil Menon, the Indian-Origin Doctor Picked by NASA to be an Astronaut #IndiaNEWS #India Indian-origin physician Anil Menon is among the ten people chosen by NASA as astronauts for the organisation’s

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Who Is Anil Menon, the Indian-Origin Doctor Picked by NASA to be an Astronaut #IndiaNEWS #India
Indian-origin physician Anil Menon is among the ten people chosen by NASA as astronauts for the organisation’s upcoming missions. He is also a lieutenant colonel with the US Air Force.
In a press release, NASA announced that it has chosen 10 new candidates from a pool of more than 12,000 applicants to represent the US and work for humanity’s benefit in space.
“Today we welcome 10 new explorers, 10 members of the Artemis generation, NASA’s 2021 astronaut candidate class,??? NASA Administrator Bill Nelson said.
Anil, in an interview with The Indian Express said, “You can never be too confident with 12,000 people applying for 10 jobs. There are definitely a lot of qualified people. It came as a big surprise, surprises are good. ???
“I was in California and got a call. The person started talking about the Dragon capsule because I was working at SpaceX at the time. I thought it was a business call. And halfway through, it turned out to be a joke. The Chief of the Astronaut Office said ‘I’m just kidding, do you want to be an astronaut

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