Dr. Eiman Jahangir Joins Opening Astronaut Panel

The Space Education Summit team is thrilled to announce that Blue Origin astronaut Dr. Eiman Jahangir will join us for the opening Astronaut Panel on May 30, 2025. Eiman flew on the suborbital NS-26 flight last year, and is now a Blue Origin employee.

Eiman is the first Iranian American man to go to space, the first physician on a commercial launch, and only the third cardiologist to ever go to space. He was selected from more than 2,200 applicants to be MoonDAO’s second citizen astronaut and, on Thursday, August 29, 2024, made history as a member of the Blue Origin New Shephard rocket launch.

Eiman is a Professor of Medicine and Radiology and a practicing cardio-oncology physician at Vanderbilt University Medical Center. A proud graduate of Martin Luther King, Jr. Magnet High School in Nashville, he is also the first Metro Nashville Public School alumnus to go to space.

Eiman embodies possibility through perseverance, always believing that he can thrive in both medicine and space. Even as he built an accomplished medical career, he earned two finalist interviews for NASA's Astronaut Candidate program and joined the Inclusion 1 mission at Space Analog for the Moon and Mars (SAM) Biosphere2 (Oracle, Arizona) as a medical officer.

We look forward to hearing Eiman’s thoughts on how we might best prepare students for humanity’s future in space! A FREE ONLINE event, the summit brings together educators, enthusiasts, and professionals from many fields… to explore ways humanity might prepare for the growing space economy and a rapidly approaching multi-planet future. Our planning team is inspired by the Overview Effect, and a desire to help more people benefit from it here on Earth. See past sessions and highlights on our YouTube Channel.

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