After 40 years in space, India has its first 'Space Tourist'

Gopi Thotakura, Chief Operating Officer at Asian Infrastructure, made history by being the first ever Indian to be a space tourist. Interestingly, this is more monumental than understood, as, it is for the first time, an Indian has ventured into the first into space after 40 years. Before it was the legendary Indian Army's Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma who braced the world, away and outside.

The Blue Origin successfully completed its seventh human spaceflight and the 25th flight for the New Shepard program on Sunday. Andhra-born Gopi Thotakura was a part of the crew among five other crew members.