Indian-American among NASA's newly graduated batch of astronauts

Indian-American US Air Force colonel, Raja Jon Vurputoor Chari, on Friday was amongst the 11 new NASA graduates who are all set to be a part of NASA's future missions to the International Space Station, Moon and Mars. Chari said he was inspired by his father Srinivas Chari, who came to the US from Hyderabad, for an engineering degree.