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Rakesh Sharma Indian Pilot Cosmonaut. Born 13 January 1949. First Indian astronaut. Personal: Male, Married, Two children. Born in Patiala, India. Indian Air Force Indian Air Force Indian Air Force Astronaut Career Astronaut Group: International Group - 1982. Inactive Entered space service: 20 September 1982. Left space service: 1984. Number of Flights: 1.00. Total Time: 7.90 days. Sharma Spaceflight Log - 3 April 1984 Flight: Salyut 7 EP-3. Flight Up: Soyuz T-11. Flight Back: Soyuz T-10. Flight Time: 7.90 days.
Sharma Chronology 20 September 1982 - International Cosmonaut Training Group selected.. Training group of Indian 'guest cosmonauts' for a propaganda flight to the Salyut space station. 3 April 1984 - Soyuz T-11. Assignment: Prime Crew. Flight: Salyut 7 EP-3, Salyut 7 EO-3. Manned three crew. Docked with Salyut 7.Transported a Soviet-Indian international crew comprising ship's commander Y V Malyshev, flight engineer G M Strekalov (USSR) and cosmonaut-researcher R Sharma (India) to the SALYUT-7 orbital station to conduct scientific and technical studies and experiments. 11 April 1984 - Landing of Soyuz T-10. Assignment: Return Crew. Flight: Salyut 7 EP-3, Salyut 7 EO-3. Soyuz T-10 landed at 10:50 GMT, 160 km E Dzehezkazgan, with the crew of Malyshev, Sharma and Strekalov aboard.
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