Rakesh Sharma
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Rakesh Sharma
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Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma, AC is an Indian astronaut and a former Indian Air Force officer. He flew aboard Soyuz T-11 on 3 April 1984 as part of the Soviet Interkosmos programme. He is the only Indian citizen to travel in space, although there have been other astronauts of Indian origin who travelled to space, who were not Indian citizens. Another Air Force pilot, Ravish Malhotra, was placed on standby.
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First Indian cosmonaut (born 1949)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rakesh_Sharma
date created:
2003-11-10T03:49:27Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T19:50:34Z
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