Special message from space: NASA astronaut Raja Chari shares picture of Indian flag
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Indian flag in space
Indian-American NASA astronaut Raja Chari shared a picture of the Indian flag resting on one of the cupola windows of the International Space Station (ISS).
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Greets Indian diaspora
Taking to Twitter, the astronaut wished the Indian diaspora on India's 75th Independence Day and underscored the contributions of Indians across the globe including in NASA.
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Immigrant father's hometown
He even shared a picture of Hyderabad taken from the space station as it is his immigrant father's hometown.
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Returns home
Mr Chari recently returned home after a six-month mission at the ISS. He was among the four astronauts aboard a Space X spacecraft which safely splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico, in the month of May.
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Works for NASA
Mr Chari, who works for American space agency NASA, was picked to be an astronaut in 2017.