A Heart for Space
Dr. Eiman Jahangir’s dreams are truly out of this world. He has been fascinated with medicine and space since he was a child, and is now both a cardiologist and an astronaut. Read more.
Dr. Eiman Jahangir’s dreams are truly out of this world. He has been fascinated with medicine and space since he was a child, and is now both a cardiologist and an astronaut. Read more.
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 an associate professor and 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.
The father of two young children is in many ways still a kid at heart himself: A science fiction fan and avid adventurer, a great storyteller and daydream believer, at once starry eyed and laser focused.