Close X
Friday, January 17, 2025
ADVT 
National

Indo-Canadian Astronaut Shawna Pandya Is Not Part Of NASA Mission, She Says In Facebook Post

Darpan News Desk IANS, 10 Feb, 2017 12:43 PM
  • Indo-Canadian Astronaut Shawna Pandya Is Not Part Of NASA Mission, She Says In Facebook Post
Indian-origin citizen-astronaut Shawna Pandya has denied reports she had been shortlisted by NASA for its 2018 space mission under the Citizen Science Astronaut programme.
 
Pandya said her work was separate from the Canadian Space Agency or NASA, her Facebook posting from Mumbai said. 
 

Media reports claimed that Pandya may soon join the league of Kalpana Chawla and Sunita Williams who were selected for NASA space missions.
 
Pandya clarified that although she had previously interned at the NASA-Johnson Space Centre, she currently does not have any affiliation with the space agency.
 
"I have no current affiliation with either organisation and would like to clarify that any reports or articles claiming as such are mistaken."
 
She also said there had been no new announcement, flight assignment or selection of missions at the Project Possum.
 
"Any articles stating that I am a neurosurgeon are mistaken. I previously trained in neurosurgery for a short period, however my medical licence is in general practice.
 
"I am not an opera singer; I have sang opera on stage once.
 
 
"I look forward to continuing my work as a physician, speaker and citizen-scientist astronaut and aquanaut and, just as importantly, look forward to continuing my work with outreach and education about these projects," she said.

MORE National ARTICLES

Mississauga, Ont., Home Explosion Was A Double Suicide, Investigators Say

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — A house explosion that left two people dead and forced the evacuation of 69 homes west of Toronto last summer has been ruled a double suicide.

Mississauga, Ont., Home Explosion Was A Double Suicide, Investigators Say

Search For Missing Snowshoers On Vancouver's North Shore Called Off After 5 Days

Search For Missing Snowshoers On Vancouver's North Shore Called Off After 5 Days
VANCOUVER — Police say search crews have run out of places where they can safely look for two men missing since Christmas Day in the back country of Vancouver's North Shore Mountains.

Search For Missing Snowshoers On Vancouver's North Shore Called Off After 5 Days

East Coast Takes The Plunge In Polar Bear Swims

East Coast Takes The Plunge In Polar Bear Swims
An octogenarian, with the words "Happy 2017" scrawled across his body in permanent marker, took the inaugural leap into the Atlantic Ocean in one of the first polar bear swims of the year.

East Coast Takes The Plunge In Polar Bear Swims

N.S. Woman Wins Damages From 'Trusted' Man Who Sexually Assaulted Her

A Nova Scotia woman has won $160,000 in damages from a once-trusted man more than twice her age who sexually assaulted her.

N.S. Woman Wins Damages From 'Trusted' Man Who Sexually Assaulted Her

Additional Sites Aimed At Preventing Drug Overdoses Open Around B.C.

Additional Sites Aimed At Preventing Drug Overdoses Open Around B.C.
VANCOUVER — More overdose prevention sites are opening around British Columbia as health officials try to contain a growing overdose crisis.

Additional Sites Aimed At Preventing Drug Overdoses Open Around B.C.

Emma, Olivia, Oliver and Ethan favoured names for B.C. babies

Emma, Olivia, Oliver and Ethan favoured names for B.C. babies
VICTORIA — Oliver has climbed to the front of list for names of baby boys in British Columbia for the first time.

Emma, Olivia, Oliver and Ethan favoured names for B.C. babies