Indian space tourist

[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…

[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…