Raja Chari, an Indian-American astronaut, is preparing for his first spaceflight and will command NASA's Crew-3 Mission

Raja Chari, an Indian-American astronaut, is preparing for his first spaceflight and will command NASA's Crew-3 Mission

Daily Current Affairs / Raja Chari, an Indian-American astronaut, is preparing for his first spaceflight and will command NASA's Crew-3 Mission

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Category : Science and Tech Published on: October 11 2021

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Raja Chari, an Indian-born astronaut, will be leading the SpaceX-NASA collaborative Crew-3 mission that is preparing to take four astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS) later this month.
"NASA's SpaceX Crew-3 mission will carry NASA astronauts Raja Chari, Tom Marshburn, and Kayla Barron, as well as ESA (European Space Agency) astronaut Matthias Maurer aboard a Crew Dragon spacecraft on a Falcon 9 rocket to the space station later this month."
Crew-3 is SpaceX's fifth crewed mission to space, and the fourth to the International Space Station.
He will also work as an Expedition 66 flight engineer.

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