Indira Feustel is a medical speech-language pathologist and science advocate with Canadian, Indian and Czech roots. A graduate of McGill and Purdue universities, she has dedicated her clinical career to helping adults with neurological conditions affecting communication and swallowing. Alongside her specialized healthcare career, Indira provides a unique family perspective, having been part of NASA\u2019s Space Family for 23 years, supporting Andrew\u2019s three missions which included three launches, three landings, nine spacewalks and a Commander\u2019s role while living on the International Space Station for 6.5 months. Most recently, Indira has been a Purdue Presidential Ambassador and continues to represent Vast as Brand Ambassador.<\/p>\n
Indira played a key role in bringing the beloved Czech character Krte\u010dek (the Little Mole) into space with her husband, astronaut Drew Feustel, to inspire children\u2019s interest in science and technology. In 2018, the couple were recognised by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association as \u201cStars of Communication\u201d for highlighting the importance of communication in spaceflight.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Indira Feustel is a medical speech-language pathologist and science advocate with Canadian, Indian and Czech roots. A graduate of McGill and Purdue universities, she has dedicated her clinical career to helping adults with neurological conditions affecting communication and swallowing. Alongside her specialized healthcare career, Indira provides a unique family perspective, having been part of NASA\u2019s…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":92506,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[276],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-92505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-czech-space-week-en","category-276","description-off"],"yoast_head":"\n