Anna Menon | |
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| Born | Anna Wilhelm December 24, 1985 Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Education | |
| Occupation | Lead Space Operations Engineer at SpaceX |
| Spouse | |
| Children | 2 |
| Space career | |
| SpaceX Commercial Astronaut | |
Time in space | 4 days, 22 hours and 13 minutes |
| Missions | Polaris Dawn |
Anna Menon (née Wilhelm; born December 24, 1985) is an American engineer 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.
Menon previously worked as a biomedical flight controller at NASA for six years, overseeing operations at the International Space Station before joining SpaceX.