Gopi Thotakura
Gopi Thotakura is a pilot and entrepreneur. That professional background preceded Thotakura's participation in Blue Origin's human-spaceflight program.
- Born
- N/A
- Died
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- Birthplace
- India
Flights
1
Spacewalks
N/A
EVA time
N/A
In space
1 suborbital flight
Bio
NS-25 launched on May 19, 2024 aboard New Shepard, with Thotakura serving as Astronaut.
New Shepard launches vertically from West Texas, carries its autonomous crew above the atmosphere, and returns the capsule under parachutes while the lands separately under power. Gopi Thotakura therefore has 1 completed spaceflight; backup, training, canceled, and future assignments are excluded from that total. The mission connected Thotakura's professional experience with direct work aboard a crewed spacecraft and a completed flight assignment. The flight converted that professional background into direct experience of launch, weightlessness, Earth viewing, , and recovery.