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Blue Origin on Sunday completed its first successful crewed flight in nearly two years, marking a fulfilled dream for Ed Dwight, who finally reached space after being turned down by NASA 60 years ago.
Thotakura was selected as one of the six crew members for the NS-25 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.
Ed Dwight trained to become the first African American astronaut but was never asked to join NASA. He finally flew into space on Sunday.
Blue Origin's New Shepard program was grounded in 2022 but is now back in action
Blue Origin resumed flying people from West Texas on Sunday, ending a nearly two-year hiatus and flying the nation's first Black astronaut candidate to space.