Rakesh Sharma
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Rakesh Sharma is an Indian cosmonaut 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 first 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.
| Type | Subtype | Date | Description | Notes | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| class | orbit | Soyuz T-10 | Gennadi Strekalov, Leonid Kizim, Oleg Atkov, Rakesh Sharma, Vladimir Solovyov, Yury Vasilyevich Malyshev, human spaceflight, | Wikidata | |
| class | orbit | Soyuz T-11 | Gennadi Strekalov, Leonid Kizim, Oleg Atkov, Rakesh Sharma, Vladimir Solovyov, Yury Vasilyevich Malyshev, human spaceflight, | Wikidata | |
| class | space object | Salyut 7 | Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov, Anatoly Berezovoy, Georgy Grechko, Oleg Atkov, Rakesh Sharma, Viktor Savinykh, Vladimir Dzhanibekov, space station, | Wikidata | |
| commons | image | Rakesh Sharma (cropped) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Rakesh sharma | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Rakesh Sharma (cropped) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Rakesh sharma | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Soyuz T-11 prime crew (crop) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Soyuz T-11 primary and backup crew. | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Soyuz T-11 prime crew (crop) | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Vrishasen Dabholkar with Rakesh Sharma | Commons | ||
| commons | image | Vrishasen Dabholkar with Rakesh Sharma | Commons | ||







