Shawna Pandya

International Institute for Astronautical Sciences (IIAS) • Physician, Aquanaut, Scientist-Astronaut Candidate Program Graduate

Dr. Shawna Pandya is the first named female commercial Canadian astronaut, and will be flying to space with the Virgin Galactic Delta class of spacecraft with the International Institute for Astronautical Sciences (IIAS). She is also an emergency and aeromedical transport physician, aquanaut, Director of IIAS’ Space Medicine Group, Executive Director of the IIAS Flight Opportunities Program, Chief of Space Medicine at the Advanced Spacelife Research Institute, and an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry. Through her work with Luxsonic Technologies, she has advanced the testing and deployment of Mixed Reality Point of Care Ultrasound through the Canadian Space Agency's Deep Space Healthcare Challenge and in austere and space-like environments, including in parabolic flight and on an aquanaut mission.

Events

International Astronautical Congress 2026

5 - 9 October 2026

Antalya, Türkiye

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International Astronautical Congress 2022

18-22 September 2022

Paris, France

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