(July 19, 2021; 3 pm) The space tourism race is truly heating up: Come July 20, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will take off on board Blue Origin ’s rocket system New Shepard . All eyes are now set on the Indian systems engineer at the commercial space flight company who’s part of the team that built the rocket – 30-year-old Sanjal Gavande . Maharashtra -born Gavande, who had earlier worked for marine and racing companies, has been part of the team that built the New Shepard rocket system that will take Bezos and three others to space. She told Times of India, “I am really happy that my childhood dream is about to come true. I am proud to be a part of Team Blue Origin.” The launch of the vertical-takeoff, vertical-landing suborbital launch vehicle is considered a milestone in space tourism. Sanjal Gavande From Mumbai to Space Born in a Maharashtrian f...
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