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Astronaut of Indian origin leads mission to International Space Station

Scroll | 11/11/2021 04:48 PM | Click to read full article

A spacecraft commanded by Raja Chari, an astronaut of Indian origin, was launched into orbit towards the International Space Station on Wednesday night. 

Chari, the commander of the Crew Dragon spacecraft, was selected as a NASA astronaut candidate in 2017. He is a Colonel in the United States Air Force and has accumulated more than 2,500 hours of flight time.

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