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Entrepreneur and pilot, Gopichand Thotakura is aiming for a place in Indian space history

[ad_1] Crew of Blue Origin’s NS-25 space mission: Mason Angel, Sylvain Chiron, Ed Dwight, Ken Hess, Carol Schaller and Gopi Thotakura. Thotakura, an entrepreneur and a pilot, is set to become the first Indian to venture into space as a tourist. Photo: X@blueorigin via PTI Earlier this month, Jeff Bezos-owned Blue Origin announced six crew members who would be part of a forthcoming commercial flight to space. Of interest…

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First Indian space tourist to fly on Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin’s NS-25 mission

[ad_1] Billionaire American businessman Jeff Bezos crew mates after they flew on Blue Origin’s inaugural flight to the edge of space in 2021. File. | Photo Credit: Reuters Gopi Thotakura, an entrepreneur and a pilot, is set to become the first Indian to venture into space as a tourist on Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin’s NS-25 mission. Mr. Thotakura was selected as one of the six crew members…

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Who is Gopi Thotakura, the first Indian ‘space tourist’ to fly with Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin?

[ad_1] Gopichand Thotakura, an entrepreneur and pilot, has been selected as one of the six crew members for Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin New Shepard -25 (NS-25) mission. This makes him the “first Indian space tourist” and the second Indian to venture into space after the Indian Army’s Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma in 1984. Gopichand Thotakura, an entrepreneur and pilot. The aerospace company unveiled the crew members’ names for the…

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