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{{Short description|First Indian cosmonaut}} | {{Short description|First Indian cosmonaut}} | ||
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{{Infobox astronaut | {{Infobox astronaut | ||
|name=Rakesh Sharma | |name=Rakesh Sharma | ||
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[[Wing Commander (rank)|Wing Commander]] '''Rakesh Sharma''', [[Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)|AC]] (born 13 January 1949) is a former [[Indian Air Force]] pilot who flew aboard [[Soyuz T-11]] on 3 April 1984 as part of the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Interkosmos]] programme. He is the only [[Indian nationality law|Indian citizen]] to travel in space, although there have been other [[List of space travelers by nationality#India|astronauts with some Indian background]] who were not Indian citizens.<ref name=spacefacts>{{cite web|url=http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/international/english/sharma_rakesh.htm |title=Cosmonaut Biography: Rakesh Sharma |publisher=Spacefacts.de |access-date=6 July | [[Wing Commander (rank)|Wing Commander]] '''Rakesh Sharma''', [[Ashoka Chakra (military decoration)|AC]] (born 13 January 1949) is a former [[Indian Air Force]] pilot who flew aboard [[Soyuz T-11]] on 3 April 1984 as part of the [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Interkosmos]] programme. He is the only [[Indian nationality law|Indian citizen]] to travel in space, although there have been other [[List of space travelers by nationality#India|astronauts with some Indian background]] who were not Indian citizens.<ref name=spacefacts>{{cite web|url=http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/international/english/sharma_rakesh.htm |title=Cosmonaut Biography: Rakesh Sharma |publisher=Spacefacts.de |access-date=6 July 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mapsofindia.com/who-is-who/miscellaneous/rakesh-sharma.html |title=Rakesh Sharma |publisher=Mapsofindia.com |access-date=6 July 2012}}</ref> Another Air Force pilot, [[Ravish Malhotra]], was placed on standby.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/international/english/malhotra_ravish.htm|title = Cosmonaut Biography: Ravish Malhotra}}</ref> | ||
==Early life== | ==Early life== | ||
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==Career== | ==Career== | ||
===IAF career=== | ===IAF career=== | ||
An alumnus of the 35th{{Nbsp}}[[National Defence Academy (India)|National Defence Academy]], Sharma joined the [[Indian Air Force]] as a test pilot in 1970 and progressed through numerous levels where in 1984 he was promoted to the rank of [[squadron leader]].<ref name=aerospace>{{cite web|url=http://www.aerospaceguide.net/astronaut/rakesh_sharma.html|website=aerospaceguide.net|title=Rakesh Sharma|access-date=4 June | An alumnus of the 35th{{Nbsp}}[[National Defence Academy (India)|National Defence Academy]], Sharma joined the [[Indian Air Force]] as a test pilot in 1970 and progressed through numerous levels where in 1984 he was promoted to the rank of [[squadron leader]].<ref name=aerospace>{{cite web|url=http://www.aerospaceguide.net/astronaut/rakesh_sharma.html|website=aerospaceguide.net|title=Rakesh Sharma|access-date=4 June 2014}}</ref> He was selected on 20{{Nbsp}}September 1982 to become a cosmonaut and go into space as part of a joint programme between the [[Indian Air Force]] and the Soviet [[Interkosmos]] space programme.<ref name=hin>{{cite news|url=http://m.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/the-down-to-earth-rakesh-sharma/article381946.ece/|title=The down to earth Rakesh Sharma|work=[[The Hindu]]|date=4 April 2010|access-date=5 April 2014|first=Pankaja|last=Srinivasan|archive-date=24 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150724161536/http://m.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/the-down-to-earth-rakesh-sharma/article381946.ece/|url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
===Astronaut=== | ===Astronaut=== | ||