Indian-American
Raja Chari Selected Among 12 NASA Astronaut Candidates…
In the
list of 12 new astronauts NASA has chosen from a record number of over 18,000
applicants, the name Raja Chari stands out as the only Indian American. What's even
more interesting to note is that the 39-year-old Indian-American Lieutenant
Colonel with the US Air Force has
a Hyderabad connection.
Raja's
father Srinivas Chari was an engineer who
immigrated to the US after his completing his engineering from Osmania
University in Hyderabad.
Chari
has been selected by the NASA to join the 2017 Astronaut Candidate Class. The
seven men and five women comprise the 22nd class of American spaceflight
trainees since 1959. The group, the largest in almost two decades selected by
NASA, will report for two-year training in August, the space agency announced.
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