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  1. After the space trip, Captain Gopichand said, everyone should go to space.

    After the space trip, Captain Gopichand said, everyone should go to space.

    "It was amazing... you have to see it with your own eyes," the Vijayawada-born pilot said after coming out of the space capsule.The 11-minute flight, which started at 8.06 pm. IST carried a crew of six into space above the Karma Line from the company's Launch Site One in West Texas 100 km from...
  2. Captain Gopichand becomes the first Indian to travel in space on Blue Origin

    Captain Gopichand becomes the first Indian to travel in space on Blue Origin

    Vijayawada-born pilot Thotakura has become the second Indian to travel to space after Rakesh Sharma's historic flight on Russia's Soyuz T-11 spacecraft in 1984.After Sharma, three people of Indian origin have reached space (1997), Sunita Williams (2006), and Raja Chari (2021) as NASA...
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