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“You have to see it with your eyes”, said Gopi Thotakura after his space trip.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Jeff Bezos-backed Blue Origin resumed its space flight today, after a two-year hiatus. A group of six adventurers completed an 11-minute journey to space after liftoff from Texas.<\/p>\n

Mission NS-25 is the seventh crewed mission for Blue Origin, the space company founded and owned by Jeff Bezos.<\/p>\n

30-year-old Gopi Thotakura, a pilot from Andhra Pradesh, was also part of the six-man crew. Preserve Life Corp, a medical institution close to Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport that focuses mostly on holistic health methods, was co-founded by Gopi Thotakura.<\/p>\n

He has become the first Indian to travel into space as a tourist on Blue Origin’s return flight.<\/p>\n

“It was amazing… you have to see it with your eyes”, said Gopi Thotakura after his space trip.<\/p>\n

“I can’t describe how it is to look into space… everybody should go to the space. It was good to see Earth from the other side,” he added.<\/p>\n

“Gopi Thotakura is a lifelong pilot and aviator who learned how to fly before he could drive. He flies jets commercially, in addition to piloting bush, aerobatic, and seaplanes. He’s also the co-founder of Preserve Life Corp, a global center for holistic wellness and applied health”, said Blue Origin about the Indian crew member on social media platform X.<\/p>\n

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Gopi Thotakura is a lifelong pilot and aviator who learned how to fly before he could drive. He flies jets commercially, in addition to piloting bush, aerobatic, and seaplanes. He’s also the co-founder of Preserve Life Corp, a global center for holistic wellness and applied\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/of2nzsPvEd<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Blue Origin (@blueorigin) May 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The other crew members included Mason Angel, Sylvain Chiron, Kenneth L. Hess, Carol Schallera, and Ed Dwight.<\/p>\n

90-year-old Dwight surpassed Star Trek star William Shatner, who was nearly two months younger, to become the oldest person to travel into space.<\/p>\n

Ed Dwight is the first American Black man to be trained as an astronaut. Dwight was unable to achieve his goal of being the first black astronaut in space in 1961.<\/p>\n

“We just completed our seventh human spaceflight and the 25th flight for the New Shepard program. Our #NS25<\/a> astronaut crew included: Mason Angel, Sylvain Chiron, Ed Dwight, Ken Hess, Carol Schaller, and Gopi Thotakura. Thank you, astronauts”, said Blue Origin on X after the space flight.<\/p>\n

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We just completed our seventh human spaceflight and the 25th flight for the New Shepard program. Our #NS25<\/a> astronaut crew included: Mason Angel, Sylvain Chiron, Ed Dwight, Ken Hess, Carol Schaller, and Gopi Thotakura. Thank you, astronauts! Learn more: https:\/\/t.co\/4a0UXRy6p6<\/a>pic.twitter.com\/kzL5GIQSql<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Blue Origin (@blueorigin) May 19, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“I was the first guy in the world to be famous for not doing something. Needless to say, I’m overwhelmed”, said Dwight before the liftoff.<\/p>\n

Dwight was a skilled test pilot when President John F. Kennedy reassigned him to a highly competitive Air Force program, which was considered a path to the astronaut corps. But in the end, he was not chosen.<\/p>\n

“This is a life-changing experience, everybody needs to do this,” said Dwight after the 11-minute space flight.<\/p>\n

“I thought I didn’t really need this in my life,” reflecting on his omission from the astronaut corps, which was his first experience with failure as a young man. “But I lied”, he added.<\/p>\n

With inputs from IANS, AFP<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n