Several media outlets including WION had reported about Indian-origin Canada-based&nbsp;Dr Shawna Pandya&nbsp;might be next in line as the third Indian-origin woman to go to space.&nbsp;

However, Dr Pandya in a Facebook post clarified a few things.&nbsp;Dr Shawna Pandya, 32 is a general practitioner based in Alberta, Canada. But many reports indicate she&rsquo;s a neurosurgeon. She had trained in neurosurgery only for a short period of time. She is participating in the&nbsp;Citizen Science Astronaut programme but she will not be going into space.&nbsp;

She is a part of two projects, project PoSSUM and the PHEnOM project which are research based projects. She said her work is different from that of the work of the Canadian Space Agency and that of NASA. While she has interned at NASA-Johnson Space Center, she currently has no affiliation to either organisation.&nbsp;

Pandya also wrote that she is not an accomplished opera singer as reported, but had only sung once on stage.&nbsp;

Read Shawna&#39;s post here.&nbsp;

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?Dr Shawna Pandya in a Facebook post clarified that she will not be the third Indian-origin woman in space as reported by media

Several media outlets including WION had reported about Indian-origin Canada-based Dr Shawna Pandya might be next in line as the third Indian-origin woman to go to space. However, Dr Pandya in a Facebook post clarified a few things. Dr Shawna Pandya, 32 is a general practitioner based in Alberta, Canada. But many reports indicate she’s a neurosurgeon. She had trained in neurosurgery only for a short period of time. She is participating in the Citizen Science Astronaut programme but she will not be going into space. She is a part of two projects, project PoSSUM and the PHEnOM project which are research based projects. She said her work is different from that of the work of the Canadian Space Agency and that of NASA. While she has interned at NASA-Johnson Space Center, she currently has no affiliation to either organisation. Pandya also wrote that she is not an accomplished opera singer as reported, but had only sung once on stage. Read Shawna's post here. (WION)

Indian-origin citizen scientist clarifies rumours of space travel

Shawna Pandya, a 32-year-old Indian-origin neurosurgeon based in Canada has been shortlisted for NASA&#39;s Citizen Science Astronaut (CSA) programme 2018 mission.&nbsp;

With roots in Mumbai, where her grandmother resides the general physician with Alberta University Hospital could follow in the footsteps of Kalpana Chawla and Sunita Williams to be third Indian-origin woman in space.&nbsp;

Pandya is also an accomplished opera singer, a taekwondo champion and has also trained in Muay Thai with a Navy SEAL.&nbsp;

&quot;I am being trained as a citizen scientist and there are some 120 who would be part of the space mission. The experiments in biomedicine and medical science along with physiological, health, and environmental observations in Microgravity (PHEnOM) are also part of it. The work is distributed among the participants.&quot;, Dr Pandya said.&nbsp;

&quot;I am also in the team working for a project called Polar Suborbital Science in the Upper Mesosphere (PoSSUM), which will study the effects of climate change.&quot;

&quot;There has been a lot of support from my family, including my mother. They were well aware of my dreams since childhood and now also they are supporting to my journey,&quot; she added.&nbsp;

She completed her B.Sc in neuroscience at University of Alberta, then pursued M.Sc. in space science from International Space University. She completed her MD also from the University of Alberta.&nbsp;

She applied for medical school and the space programme at the same time.&nbsp;

The mission is expected to start by early 2018.&nbsp;

(WION with inputs from PTI) 
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The 32-year-old Indian-origin neurosurgeon based in Canada has been shortlisted for NASA's Citizen Science Astronaut programme 2018 mission

Shawna Pandya, a 32-year-old Indian-origin neurosurgeon based in Canada has been shortlisted for NASA's Citizen Science Astronaut (CSA) programme 2018 mission. With roots in Mumbai, where her grandmother resides the general physician with Alberta University Hospital could follow in the footsteps of Kalpana Chawla and Sunita Williams to be third Indian-origin woman in space. Pandya is also an accomplished opera singer, a taekwondo champion and has also trained in Muay Thai with a Navy SEAL. "I am being trained as a citizen scientist and there are some 120 who would be part of the space mission. The experiments in biomedicine and medical science along with physiological, health, and environmental observations in Microgravity (PHEnOM) are also part of it. The work is distributed among the participants.", Dr Pandya said. "I am also in the team working for a project called Polar Suborbital Science in the Upper Mesosphere (PoSSUM), which will study the effects of climate change." "There has been a lot of support from my family, including my mother. They were well aware of my dreams since childhood and now also they are supporting to my journey," she added. She completed her B.Sc in neuroscience at University of Alberta, then pursued M.Sc. in space science from International Space University. She completed her MD also from the University of Alberta. She applied for medical school and the space programme at the same time. The mission is expected to start by early 2018. (WION with inputs from PTI)

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Indian-origin citizen scientist clarifies rumours of space travel

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