Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma,
AC, Hero of the Soviet Union, born 13 January 1949, who flew aboard Soyuz T-11
as part of the Intercosmos program. Sharma was the first Indian to travel in
space. Sharma joined the Indian Air Force in 1970 as a pilot officer after
joining the NDA as an IAF cadet in 1966. During the 1971 War, Sharma flew
missions in his MiG aircraft with considerable success. He was a squadron
leader with the Indian Air Force, when he flew into space in 1984 as part of a
joint programme between the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the
Soviet Intercosmos space program. He spent eight days in space on board the Salyut
7 space station.
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