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Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma, AC (born 13 January 1949) 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.
The following is a list of Indian astronauts, ... Name Photograph Rank Born Age during first mission Mission(s) (dates) Notes 1 Rakesh Sharma: Squadron Leader 13 ...
Download as PDF; Printable version; ... राकेश) is a masculine given name of Indian origin. It is derived from the ... first Indian in space; Rakesh Sharma ...
As of 2025, Five people of Indian origin have been in space. The first astronaut of the Indian nationality, in space was Rakesh Sharma on Soyuz T-11 in 1984. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Three astronauts – Kalpana Chawla , [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Sunita Williams [ 5 ] and Raja Chari [ 6 ] [ 7 ] – flew as NASA astronauts.
Kidar Sharma, Indian film director [68] K. Subramanyam, Indian film director [69] Nanabhai Bhatt, film director and producer who was the first to feature twins in Indian cinema & Patriarch of Bhatt Film Family. [70] Puttanna Kanagal, Kannada film director. Puttanna Kanangal Award was named after his contribution [71] Vivek Agnihotri, film ...
Rakesh Sharma, aboard Salyut 7 for 7 days, 21 hours, and 40 minutes, conducted an Earth observation program concentrating on India. He also did life sciences and materials processing experiments, including silicium fusing tests. He is also reported to have experimented with practicing yoga to deal with the effects of prolonged orbital spaceflight.
On 3 April 1984 Rakesh Sharma became the first, and so far only, Indian citizen to travel to space on board Soyuz T-11 as part of the Interkosmos program, which visited Salyut 7. [18] However, the mission was launched on board a Soviet rocket and was not part of an independent Indian programme.
Rakesh Sharma (11 October 1955) is an Indian civil servant and politician who has served as Chief Secretary of Government of Uttarakhand. Sharma is a 1981 batch Uttar Pradesh/Uttarakhand (Since 2001) cadre Indian Administrative Service officer. An enigmatic leader and effective administrator, he has overseen development projects at bot