Season 3 · Episode 502
Why does space fascinate humanity so much? | Yuri Suri, Bollywood Actor, Supersonic Fighter Pilot, Wing Commander in IAF
The Brand Called You · The Brand Called You
June 6, 202222m 32s
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Show Notes
About Yuri Suri
- Yuri is a supersonic fighter pilot.
- He has been a wing commander in the Indian Air Force.
- He was the backup training astronaut for the Indo-Soviet Space Mission in 1984 which was a very high-profile mission.
- He became an actor in theater and Bollywood.
About being a trained astronaut
- I was not fully trained as an astronaut. I was the standby trainee astronaut in the sense that when we finally selected the people to get trained for the space mission.
- We started with 52 test pilots and that was narrowed down to four.
- Those four made two teams one was the main team that got trained in the USSR.
- The second team was the standby team which comprised me and another one.
- There was one squad leader and one wing commander on each team. I was the squad leader, so I was stand by to Rakesh Sharma.