Captain Gopichand becomes first Indian to tour space aboard Blue Origin
Updated On: 20 May, 2024 01:32 PM IST | New Delhi | IANS
Thotakura is the second Indian to visit space, after Rakesh Sharma`s historic flight on Russia`s Soyuz T-11 spacecraft in 1984
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Everybody should go to space, said Captain Gopichand Thotakura after becoming the first Indian ever to tour the edge of space on Blue Origin`s seventh crewed flight mission on Sunday.
"It was amazing... you have to see it with your eyes," said the Vijayawada-born pilot, after coming out of the space capsule.
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