ISRO Scientist Becomes First Indian To Tour Stratosphere
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TN The stratosphere is the second major layer of Earth's
The scientist, who is an avid traveller, paid a sum of Rs. 15 lakh for the travel and took the journey from an agency conducting space travel — Country of Tourism Ltd — in
"Besides me there was a pilot on the flight. I always wanted to take the Indian flag to space and so I deliberately undertook the journey on August 15. Besides the flag, I also took my mother's photo with me. It was very expensive but nothing can be compared to the thrill that I got. After the space journey, I went on a trans-Siberain tour and returned three days back," said Kumar.
Describing the journey he said: "It was a 48 minute flight but we were at the edge of space only for one minute."
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"It was in late 1985, I was one of the astronauts short listed to go to space but unfortunately the programme was dropped due to explosion of the
Revealing plans for his next mission, Kumar said: "I am planning to undertake the zero gravity flight from Russia in February next year."
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