S Vanajah reflects on her experiences and the boundless potential of the country’s space endeavours.
S Vajanah, seen here with the final four, was the only woman out of 11,000 applicants shortlisted for the 2006 Angkasawan spaceflight training programme.
Vanajah, 52, has since gone down the academic path and is now an assistant professor at the School of Engineering at Sweden’s Jönköping University. “When your article comes out and it inspires one young woman, I’d be happy to know I’ve made a difference.” She describes the training she had to undergo in 2006 as an “arduous experience”. The days were marked by either aeromedical examinations or survival training, and nobody knew the order in which these came.
“I sprained my ankle when I came out because I had to stress all the muscles in my body so that I wouldn’t pass out during those 18 seconds,” she said.
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