Sikh in Space: Indian Origin Businessman Boards Blue Origin's NS-34 Space Flight

Sikh in Space: Indian Origin Businessman Boards Blue Origin Space Craft

Blue Origin launched their NS-34 flight on Sunday 3rd August 2025. It is part of their famous New Shepard, space tourism program

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The NS-34 marked Blue Origin's 34th flight under the New Shepard program and 14th human space mission

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Aboard the NS-34 were six people with varying backgrounds and a shared interest in space travel

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One of them was the Indian born Arvinder (Arvi) Singh Bahal, a real estate investor born in Agra, India, and now a naturalized U.S. citizen

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Bahal has been a life long adventurer and in his long list of impressive travel stories include visiting every country in the world, skydiving Mount Everest and the Pyramids of Giza and others

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He also holds a private pilot’s license and also flies helicopters

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Reportedly, he had been looking for an opportunity to visit space for more than a decade and had also placed a deposit with the space tourism company Virgin Galactic founded by Richard Branson

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The flight was a success and serves as another big step in space travel

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