Indian-American Raja Chari has been selected by NASA to join the 2017
Astronaut Candidate Class. He has joined the duty in August 2017. The
Iowa native graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1999 with
Bachelor’s degrees in Astronautical Engineering and Engineering Science.
At the time of his selection in June 2017, Chari was a Colonel select
in the U.S. #AirForce,
serving as the Commander of the 461st Flight Test Squadron and the
Director of the F-35 Integrated Test Force. He has accumulated more than
2,000 hours of flight time in the F-35, F-15, F-16, and F-18 including
F-15E combat missions in Operation Iraqi Freedom and deployments in
support of the Korean peninsula.
Young India meet Captain Poonam Sangwan, VSM. She has won several awards in a very short time span of her career, including the Vishisht Seva Medal (2013) for summiting Mount Everest in 2012, the Engineers Medal (Drill and Turnout) in 2007, a Chief of Army Staff Commendation Card in 2016 for distinguished service. She is truly an inspiration for the women of today. Hats off to this lady! source : https://www.Facebook.com/YoungIndias
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