Eiman Jahangir

Eiman Jahangir is an Iranian-American Astronaut and cardiologist.^[1]

Eiman Jahangir
Jahangir in 2024
Born	Tehran, Iran
Citizenship	Iranian-American
Education	George Washington University, University of Tennessee, Vanderbilt University
Occupation(s)	Cardiologist, Professor and Commercial Astronaut
Known for	Cardiologist and first Iranian man to travel to space on commercial flight
Website	www.eimanjahangir.com

Jahangir practices medicine at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, where he is a Professor of Medicine and Radiology.^[2][3]

Background

Jahangir was born in Tehran, Iran and grew up in Nashville.^[4][5] He earned his medical degree from the University of Tennessee and Bachelors of Arts in Religious Studies at the George Washington University. He proceeded with his Master’s of Public Health at Vanderbilt University.^[6][7][8]

Jahangir's focus is Cardio-Oncology, and he is passionate about human spaceflight. He was a finalist for NASA's Astronaut Candidate program, in 2009 and 2013.^[9][10]

Flight to space

Jahangir flew to space on Blue Origin's New Shepard-26 on August 29, 2024, reaching an apogee of 105 km. His flight is also linked to two research studies: Vanderbilt’s Clonal Hematopoiesis and Inflammation in the Vasculature (CHIVE) registry and biorepository, and the Space Omics and Medical Atlas (SOMA) study at Cornell University.^[3] The SOMA study investigates whether spaceflight impacts genetic mutations in blood stem cells by comparing data collected before and after the flight.^[10][11]