Gopi Thotakura becomes first Indian space tourist ‘India into space’

Aviator Gopi Thotakura has said he is proud to become the first Indian to venture into space as a tourist aboard Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin’s NS-25 mission.

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Thotakura (30) and five others lifted off from Launch Site One in West Texas on Sunday and landed successfully. He is the first Indian space tourist and the second Indian to venture into space after the Indian Army’s Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma in 1984.