A Duke University graduate is an astronaut candidate with
\nNASA.<\/p>\n
Anna Menon has previously been on a mission with Space X, \u201cI am just thrilled to be here as a part of NASA\u2019s \u201cAnd, after that, they will start assigning us to specific missions.\u201d<\/p>\n Menon said she is learning about space walking, how to fly WRAL News asked Menon how she trains to walk in space.<\/p>\n \u201cThere are a lot of great tools that NASA has developed over Menon said she can practice the steps of an entire space WRAL News asked Menon if her children want to follow in her \u201cWe\u2019re really excited to support them and what they\u2019re \t\t\t\t\t\t\tOther NC astronauts<\/p>\n
\nand now she’s in the middle of a two-year training program to prepare her for
\nNASA’s mission to the moon<\/a>.<\/p>\n
\n[astronaut candidate] class,\u201d Menon said. \u201cReally, what these first couple years
\nentail is all the foundational training.<\/p>\n
\njets and the International Space Station [ISS].<\/p>\n
\nthe years to train for \u00a0space walks,\u201d
\nMenon said. \u201cOne of them involves a giant pool here at Johnson Space Center [in
\nHouston] called the Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nwalking operation, which can take up to six hours. She has been to outer space
\nbefore as part of SpaceX\u2019s Polaris Dawn, which was a five-day private mission
\nthat launched on Sept. 10, 2024. Menon was one of four crew members.<\/p>\n
\nfootsteps.<\/p>\n
\ncurious about,\u201d Menon said. \u201cMy son currently wants to be a paleontologist and my
\ndaughter currently wants to have five different jobs at the same time.\u201d<\/p>\n