Indian pilot to tour space on Blue Origin's next flight on May 19
Captain Gopichand Thotakura, a pilot, is set to become the first Indian to travel to the edge of space on Blue Origin's next flight on May 19, the company announced on Thursday.
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Captain Gopichand Thotakura, a pilot, is set to become the first Indian to travel to the edge of space on Blue Origin's next flight on May 19, the company announced on Thursday.
The space trip takes the civilians about 62 miles away from Earth and into the atmosphere for a few minutes of weightlessness and a view of space and Earth.
A 90-year-old man who was set to become the first Black astronaut in space decades ago is finally headed to space.
The space trip takes the civilians about 62 miles away from Earth and into the atmosphere for a few minutes of weightlessness and a view of space and Earth.
Ed Dwight was initially given the opportunity to become the nation's first Black astronaut in 1961.