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Anil S. Menon, MD, MS, MPH - Selected December 2021 as 1 of 10 new astronauts for NASA!

Dr. Menon completed the UTMB Aerospace Medicine Residency program in 2012 and UTMB Master of Public Health degree in 2011.
NASA Astronaut - Thomas Marshburn, MD

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-3 astronauts are seen inside SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft before lifting off on the agency’s Crew-3 mission on Nov. 10, 2021, from Kennedy Space Center’s Launch Complex 39A.
NASA Astronaut- Kjell Lindgren, MD, MS, MPH

NASA Astronaut and 2008 graduate of the UTMB Aerospace Medicine Residency and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.
NASA Astronaut- Serena Aunon-Chancellor, MD, MPH

UTMB had the honor of hosting Serena M. Auñón-Chancellor, MD, MPH, NASA Astronaut and graduate of the UTMB Internal Medicine and Aerospace Medicine residencies and Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, for a live video conference question and answer session.
Soyuz With Expedition 45 Trio Lands After 141 Days in Space

Among the crew is UTMB Aerospace Medicine residency graduate, Dr. Kjell Lindgren! The trio arrived at the Internal Space Station July 23, 2015 and orbited Earth 2,256 times, traveling a total of 59.6 million miles. The crew returned in December 2015. It was the first mission for Dr. Lindgren.