India's first cosmonaut, Rakesh Sharma, was a squadron commander in ... Sharma was part of the crew of the Soyuz T-11 spacecraft, along with Soviet cosmonauts Yury Malyshev and Gennady Strekalov.

Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian astronaut who ventured into space, holds a special place in India's history. In 1984, his groundbreaking journey aboard the Soyuz T-11 spacecraft, lasting eight ...

In 1982, Rakesh Sharma, an Indian Air Force fighter squadron ... Sharma was part of the crew that manned the Soyuz T-11 spacecraft, which launched on April 3, 1984 and docked to the Salyut-7 ...

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 ...