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NASA Picks Indian-American For 2024 Moon Mission

Meet Raja Chari, the Indian-American astronaut selected for NASA’s Artemis mission to the moon. Chari, who has his roots in Hyderabad, is among the 18 astronauts who will fly to the moon as part of the Artemis mission, starting in 2024.
Raja Chari's father Srinivas Chari left for the US from Hyderabad at a young age for an engineering degree. Chari was born in Milwaukee, but considers Cedar Falls, Iowa, his hometown. He is a colonel in the US Air Force and joins the mission with extensive experience as a test pilot.
He will be the commander of SpaceX Crew-3 mission while Nasa's Tom Marshburn will be the pilot and ESA's Matthias Maurer will serve as a mission specialist. Watch to find out more about this US Air Force pilot.

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