# Exploring New Frontiers: Leadership, Resilience and the Future of Spaceflight Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/associations-now-presents-6988075/exploring-new-frontiers-leadership-resilience-and-the-future-of-spaceflight Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/associations-now-presents-6988075/exploring-new-frontiers-leadership-resilience-and-the-future-of-spaceflight.md Podcast: [Associations NOW Presents](https://stenobird.com/podcast/associations-now-presents-6988075) Published: 2026-08-27T14:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://associationsnow.podbean.com/e/exploring-new-frontiers-leadership-resilience-and-the-future-of-spaceflight/ Audio file: https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/uvq3fgafg2pw3ct2/ASAE_ep31.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/associations-now-presents-6988075/episodes/exploring-new-frontiers-leadership-resilience-and-the-future-of-spaceflight Duration seconds: 1367 ## Resource In this episode of Associations NOW Presents: Industry Partner Edition, recorded live at ASAE’s Annual Meeting & Exposition in Indianapolis, guest host Joanna Pineda of the Associations Thrive podcast welcomes Dr. Shawna Pandya, Canada’s first named commercial female astronaut, who is preparing to fly with Virgin Galactic. Dr. Pandya explores how commercial human spaceflight is creating new pathways to space and shares how her background as a physician informs her work in space medicine, focused on keeping people healthy and performing at their best in extreme environments. She also discusses her experiences as an aquanaut on NEPTUNE saturation missions in the Florida Keys and how underwater environments can help researchers study crew dynamics and test technologies for space. Dr. Pandya highlights research priorities ranging from neuroscience and women’s health to health technology and physical sciences, reflects on the role of leadership and resilience throughout her career, and looks ahead to the next generation of commercial spaceflight. Check out the video podcast here: https://youtu.be/32Zx7varMag This episode is sponsored by Destination Canada. Associations NOW Presents is produced by Association Briefings. Transcript Joanna Pineda: [00:00:00] Welcome to this episode of Associations NOW Presents: Industry Partner Series, an original podcast series from the American Society of Association Executives. I'm Joanna Pineda, CEO and chief troublemaker at Matrix Group International, and we're recording here in Indianapolis during ASAE's Annual Meeting & Exposition. This episode is sponsored by Destination Canada. And today, we are so excited to welcome Dr. Shawna Pandya, Canada's first named commercial female astronaut. Dr. Pandya, welcome to the show. Dr. Shawn… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/associations-now-presents-6988075/episodes/exploring-new-frontiers-leadership-resilience-and-the-future-of-spaceflight/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/associations-now-presents-6988075/exploring-new-frontiers-leadership-resilience-and-the-future-of-spaceflight.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.