Gopi Thotakura 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.

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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. Thotakura was selected as one of the six crew members for the mission, making 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. The flight date is yet to be announced. This mission will be the seventh human flight for the New Shepard programme and the 25th in its history. New Shepard is a fully reusable sub-orbital launch vehicle developed for space tourism by Blue Origin.


     

     

     

 

     


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