Gopichand Thotakura

[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…

[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…