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Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma, AC (born 13 January 1949) is an Indian former Air Force veteran pilot better known as the First Indian to travel to the outer space. Sharma was part of the crew of Soyuz T-11, a joint venture between space agencies of Soviet Union and India.
Jan 13, 2009 · Rakesh Sharma (born Jan. 13, 1949, Patiala, Punjab state, India) is an Indian military pilot and cosmonaut, the first Indian citizen in space. In 1970 Sharma joined the Indian Air Force as a pilot.
Apr 3, 2024 · Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma became the first Indian to go into space as he launched aboard the Soyuz T-11 on April 3, 1984. Four decades later, his legend still stands. The Indian Air Force pilot was part of a three-member crew that rode to the soviet Salyut-7 space station.
Nov 13, 2022 · Renowned filmmaker Rakesh Sharma passed away at the age of 81. And now, Amitabh Bachchan has penned a heartfelt note to mourn the demise of his ‘colleague’.
New Delhi [India], April 3 (ANI): The Indian Air Force on Wednesday paid tribute to Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma, the only Indian to have gone into space on the anniversary of his space journey on...
Apr 4, 2024 · Prof V N Tiwari, a member of Rajya Sabha, was shot dead by terrorists in Chandigarh and 10 others were killed as mob and police clashed in Amritsar during the funeral procession of BJP leader Harbans Lal Khanna. Punjab and Chandigarh observed near total bandh.
Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma, (retired) was an Indian Air Force pilot on September 20, 1982 was chosen as a cosmonaut to be a part of the joint Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) and...
Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian to go to space, expressed that a remarkable era of space exploration programmes for the country has now commenced. He wistfully added that he wished he could be...
Apr 12, 2022 · Meet Rakesh Sharma, the IAF officer who spent over 7 days in space. Sharma made history on April 3, 1984, when he piloted Soyuz T-11 to the space station Salyut 7 alongside two Soviet cosmonauts, commander Yury Malyshev and flight engineer Gennady Strekalov.
Mar 14, 2017 · And, before the year had ended, thousands of people in the city of Bhopal had been killed after toxic gases leaked from a chemical factory, the world's worst industrial accident. In a...
