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India Welcomes First Civilian Space Tourist Gopichand Thotakura

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India Welcomes First Civilian Space Tourist Gopichand Thotakura:

Gopichand Thotakura, India’s first civilian space tourist, received a warm welcome in Delhi upon his return on August 26, 2024. Thotakura made history by joining Blue Origin’s New Shepard-25 (NS-25) mission, founded by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, becoming the second Indian citizen to travel to space after Rakesh Sharma’s 1984 mission.

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