Gopi Thotakura, an Indian entrepreneur and pilot based in the United States, recently became the first Indian space tourist. He flew aboard a spacecraft from Blue Origin, a leading private space company. This short recreational trip to space took only about ten minutes from takeoff to landing, reaching a maximum altitude of 105 km above Earth. This altitude crosses the Karman line, the recognized boundary between Earth’s atmosphere and outer space, classifying the journey as a sub-orbital space flight.
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