Anna Menon
American aerospace engineer, astronaut on Polaris Dawn space mission
- Born
- 24 December 1985, Houston
- Age
- 40
- Birth name
- Anna Wilhelm
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 a record for women traveling farthest from Earth, later broken by Christina Koch of Artemis II. She was selected in September 2025 as a member of NASA Astronaut Group 24.
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