Dr. Shawna Pandya
@shawnapandya.bsky.social
Astronaut | Aquanaut | Physician | Keynote Speaker
An astronaut, an author & a metal bassist walk into a building...I was thrilled to meet up with my friends Angela & James LoMenzo (you might recognize James from a little band called Megadeth) to shoot for an incredible book Angie is leading. Jamez traded in his bass for a camera this time around!🚀👩🏽🚀
December 9, 2025 at 8:29 AM
An astronaut, an author & a metal bassist walk into a building...I was thrilled to meet up with my friends Angela & James LoMenzo (you might recognize James from a little band called Megadeth) to shoot for an incredible book Angie is leading. Jamez traded in his bass for a camera this time around!🚀👩🏽🚀
You can take the girl out of 0g...but can you take the 0g out of the girl? 🤔
Was lucky enough to visit our friends at Vast this week so of course I had to have a little fun in the Haven-1 mock-up! 😄🚀✨️👩🏽🚀
Was lucky enough to visit our friends at Vast this week so of course I had to have a little fun in the Haven-1 mock-up! 😄🚀✨️👩🏽🚀
December 8, 2025 at 1:39 AM
You can take the girl out of 0g...but can you take the 0g out of the girl? 🤔
Was lucky enough to visit our friends at Vast this week so of course I had to have a little fun in the Haven-1 mock-up! 😄🚀✨️👩🏽🚀
Was lucky enough to visit our friends at Vast this week so of course I had to have a little fun in the Haven-1 mock-up! 😄🚀✨️👩🏽🚀
Last day of the @osmedspace.bsky.social Innovation Summit already! Today is our public day, where we share the insights we've gained this week. Communication around human spaceflight is critical to share the benefits of space exploration & to engage with budding space professionals. 🚀🏥👩🏽🚀
December 7, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Last day of the @osmedspace.bsky.social Innovation Summit already! Today is our public day, where we share the insights we've gained this week. Communication around human spaceflight is critical to share the benefits of space exploration & to engage with budding space professionals. 🚀🏥👩🏽🚀
Progress isn't always glamorous - sometimes it involves getting right in there, as we've been doing at the @osmedspace.bsky.social Innovation Summit this week, working on new horizons in human spaceflight! Interested? Come join our public day in Orange County Dec 6 from 11-1600, link below! 👩🏽🚀🚀🏥
December 6, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Progress isn't always glamorous - sometimes it involves getting right in there, as we've been doing at the @osmedspace.bsky.social Innovation Summit this week, working on new horizons in human spaceflight! Interested? Come join our public day in Orange County Dec 6 from 11-1600, link below! 👩🏽🚀🚀🏥
Another day, another city! Excited to be in LA this week for the @osmedspace.bsky.social Innovation Summit to discuss - and brainstorm solutions to- the biggest gaps affecting human spaceflight in the near future. Can't wait, it's going to be out of this world! 🏥🚀👩🏽🚀✨️
December 5, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Another day, another city! Excited to be in LA this week for the @osmedspace.bsky.social Innovation Summit to discuss - and brainstorm solutions to- the biggest gaps affecting human spaceflight in the near future. Can't wait, it's going to be out of this world! 🏥🚀👩🏽🚀✨️
BRB looking up "relax" in the dictionary...one of these days I'll figure it out...how much coffee is too much again? 😅🤔🤓📚
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December 3, 2025 at 10:41 PM
BRB looking up "relax" in the dictionary...one of these days I'll figure it out...how much coffee is too much again? 😅🤔🤓📚
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December 2, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Everyone is going to have their opinions about your dreams. You don't have to listen to everyone. Get on your path and go 🚀✨️💖
December 1, 2025 at 3:42 AM
Everyone is going to have their opinions about your dreams. You don't have to listen to everyone. Get on your path and go 🚀✨️💖
Q. Will I ever fly 0g?
A. When octopuses fly...oh! 😃🐙🛬🛫🛬
A. When octopuses fly...oh! 😃🐙🛬🛫🛬
November 30, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Q. Will I ever fly 0g?
A. When octopuses fly...oh! 😃🐙🛬🛫🛬
A. When octopuses fly...oh! 😃🐙🛬🛫🛬
Last 0g campaign of the year already? The year since my flight assignment has been incredible, fitting in 8 additional parabolic research flights with my teammates and research collaborators, advancing my own skill in microgravity operations & testing payloads that may come with me to space! ✨️🛬🛫🛬✨️
November 28, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Last 0g campaign of the year already? The year since my flight assignment has been incredible, fitting in 8 additional parabolic research flights with my teammates and research collaborators, advancing my own skill in microgravity operations & testing payloads that may come with me to space! ✨️🛬🛫🛬✨️
Microgravity game face on, let's do this! 🛬🛫🛬
November 28, 2025 at 4:52 AM
Microgravity game face on, let's do this! 🛬🛫🛬
Some flight days you get ahead of the weather...some days, the weather gets ahead of you... 😶🌫️🌬🌫🛫
November 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Some flight days you get ahead of the weather...some days, the weather gets ahead of you... 😶🌫️🌬🌫🛫
Microgravity flight week in Ottawa let's goooo! 🛫🛬🛫🛬
November 25, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Microgravity flight week in Ottawa let's goooo! 🛫🛬🛫🛬
Why do we do what we do? For moments like these...and so they can make moments of their own. ❤️🚀💫🇮🇪🍀
#yesshecan #pushthelimits #womeninstem #astronaut
#yesshecan #pushthelimits #womeninstem #astronaut
November 22, 2025 at 12:37 AM
Why do we do what we do? For moments like these...and so they can make moments of their own. ❤️🚀💫🇮🇪🍀
#yesshecan #pushthelimits #womeninstem #astronaut
#yesshecan #pushthelimits #womeninstem #astronaut
Thank you to Deputy Erin Mc Greehan for hosting myself and Dr. Norah Patten at Leinster House this week to meet with leaders and dignitaries to talk about our upcoming research spaceflight & ongoing work with the International Institute for Astronautical Sciences Flight Opportunities Program! 🚀🇮🇪🇨🇦👩🏻🚀👩🏽🚀
November 21, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Thank you to Deputy Erin Mc Greehan for hosting myself and Dr. Norah Patten at Leinster House this week to meet with leaders and dignitaries to talk about our upcoming research spaceflight & ongoing work with the International Institute for Astronautical Sciences Flight Opportunities Program! 🚀🇮🇪🇨🇦👩🏻🚀👩🏽🚀
Reposted by Dr. Shawna Pandya
Well done to TERG PI Aamir Hameed and Lisa McNamee on organising such an interesting keynote event here in @rcsi.bsky.social today on Space Medicine, with two incredibly impressive female astronauts, Norah Patten and @shawnapandya.bsky.social speaking!
November 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Well done to TERG PI Aamir Hameed and Lisa McNamee on organising such an interesting keynote event here in @rcsi.bsky.social today on Space Medicine, with two incredibly impressive female astronauts, Norah Patten and @shawnapandya.bsky.social speaking!
Q. Where do extreme medics practice?
A. (you had to know this was coming)
Thanks to all my World Extreme Medicine friends for another incredible conference! ...Same time next year? 😅🏥🌏🐍
A. (you had to know this was coming)
Thanks to all my World Extreme Medicine friends for another incredible conference! ...Same time next year? 😅🏥🌏🐍
November 18, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Q. Where do extreme medics practice?
A. (you had to know this was coming)
Thanks to all my World Extreme Medicine friends for another incredible conference! ...Same time next year? 😅🏥🌏🐍
A. (you had to know this was coming)
Thanks to all my World Extreme Medicine friends for another incredible conference! ...Same time next year? 😅🏥🌏🐍
How incredibly special to kick off Day 1 of the World Extreme Medicine Conference as a panelist & subject matter expert on the future of space medicine with my friends NASA astronaut/physician Dr. Mike Barratt and Antarctic explorer & critical care physician Dr. Carole Dangoisse!
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November 17, 2025 at 2:39 AM
How incredibly special to kick off Day 1 of the World Extreme Medicine Conference as a panelist & subject matter expert on the future of space medicine with my friends NASA astronaut/physician Dr. Mike Barratt and Antarctic explorer & critical care physician Dr. Carole Dangoisse!
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Ireland! The press & outreach you've been asking for so long is here! I am thrilled to announce that Norah and I will be doing press & outreach in Dublin & Galway Nov 17-21, more details here! See you there? 🇮🇪🇨🇦🍀🍁👩🏻🚀👩🏽🚀🚀✨️
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November 15, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Ireland! The press & outreach you've been asking for so long is here! I am thrilled to announce that Norah and I will be doing press & outreach in Dublin & Galway Nov 17-21, more details here! See you there? 🇮🇪🇨🇦🍀🍁👩🏻🚀👩🏽🚀🚀✨️
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I had an amazing time keynoting in Calgary, sharing my lessons on success, failure, resilience, teamwork & leadership. The journey I've taken as a physician, astronaut & aquanaut has taught me so much about pushing the limits...and I hope it's inspired others, too. ❤️
November 14, 2025 at 10:40 AM
I had an amazing time keynoting in Calgary, sharing my lessons on success, failure, resilience, teamwork & leadership. The journey I've taken as a physician, astronaut & aquanaut has taught me so much about pushing the limits...and I hope it's inspired others, too. ❤️
This is the part they don't teach you in med school. 🫶🏽🏥
November 10, 2025 at 8:56 AM
This is the part they don't teach you in med school. 🫶🏽🏥
I had a blast taking the stage to talk Space Medicine the Society for Emergency Medicine of India's National Emergency Medicine conference, EMCON25, in Delhi! Same time next year?👩🏽⚕️ 👩🏽🚀🚀🇮🇳🏥
November 8, 2025 at 5:31 AM
I had a blast taking the stage to talk Space Medicine the Society for Emergency Medicine of India's National Emergency Medicine conference, EMCON25, in Delhi! Same time next year?👩🏽⚕️ 👩🏽🚀🚀🇮🇳🏥
Goodbye Bangalore, hello Delhi! How cool to be taking the stage to speak about space medicine at India's national Emergency Medicine conference, EMCON 2025! Thanks to my hosts at the Society for Emergency Medicine India for having me! 👩🏽🚀🚀🏥🇮🇳
#emcon #emergencymedicine #spacemedicine #astronaut
#emcon #emergencymedicine #spacemedicine #astronaut
November 7, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Goodbye Bangalore, hello Delhi! How cool to be taking the stage to speak about space medicine at India's national Emergency Medicine conference, EMCON 2025! Thanks to my hosts at the Society for Emergency Medicine India for having me! 👩🏽🚀🚀🏥🇮🇳
#emcon #emergencymedicine #spacemedicine #astronaut
#emcon #emergencymedicine #spacemedicine #astronaut
"What does it mean to you to represent your work in India with your Gujurati background?"
India represents my roots. Everything I know about hard work, determination & big dreams came from this background. I want Indians everywhere know that not even the sky is the limit. 🚀🇮🇳👩🏽🚀✨️
India represents my roots. Everything I know about hard work, determination & big dreams came from this background. I want Indians everywhere know that not even the sky is the limit. 🚀🇮🇳👩🏽🚀✨️
November 6, 2025 at 5:12 AM
"What does it mean to you to represent your work in India with your Gujurati background?"
India represents my roots. Everything I know about hard work, determination & big dreams came from this background. I want Indians everywhere know that not even the sky is the limit. 🚀🇮🇳👩🏽🚀✨️
India represents my roots. Everything I know about hard work, determination & big dreams came from this background. I want Indians everywhere know that not even the sky is the limit. 🚀🇮🇳👩🏽🚀✨️
How wonderful to have met ISRO Gaganaut Shubhanshu Shukla, the first Indian to visit the International Space Station! Shux was incredibly down to Earth, and we had a great conversation about India's future human spaceflight plans. Looking forward to future conversations. Jai hind! 🚀🇮🇳✨️
November 5, 2025 at 5:38 AM
How wonderful to have met ISRO Gaganaut Shubhanshu Shukla, the first Indian to visit the International Space Station! Shux was incredibly down to Earth, and we had a great conversation about India's future human spaceflight plans. Looking forward to future conversations. Jai hind! 🚀🇮🇳✨️