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Rakesh Sharma
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'''Rakesh Sharma''' (born
January 13,
1949 in
Patiala,
Punjab, India Punjab,
India) was the first
India Indian in space.
Image:http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/portraits2/international/sharma_rakesh.jpg
He was a squadron leader in the
Indian Air Force and embarked on the mission in
1984. The manned space program of the
Indian Space Research Organisation has depended entirely upon
Russia, and the first Indian
cosmonaut became the 138th man into space. He spent eight days in space aboard
Salyut 7. Launched along with two other
Soviet cosmonauts aboard
Soyuz T-11 on 02 April 1984, was then-
Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma, a 35 year old
Indian Air Force aviator pilot. During the flight, Squadron Leader Sharma conducted
multi-spectral photography of northern India in anticipation of the construction of
hydroelectric power stations in the
Himalayas. In a famous incident, he was asked by the then
Prime Minister of India Prime Minister Indira Gandhi how India looked from the space and he replied, ''
Saare Jahan Se Achcha,'' (translates to ''better than all the world'') which happens to be the first line of a famous poem by
Muhammad Iqbal.
Squadron Leader Sharma and his backup,
Wing Commander Ravish Malhotra, also prepared an elaborate series of
zero-gravity Yoga exercises which the former had practised aboard the Salyut 7. Retired with the rank of Wing Commander, Rakesh Sharma joined
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) as a
test pilot. He was based at the
Aircraft & Systems Testing Establishment (ASTE) in
Bangalore and worked on the indigenous
HAL Tejas Light Combat Aircraft program. Current status - retired.
External link
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Spacefacts biography of Rakesh Sharma
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