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Rakesh Sharma wrote one of the most important chapters in India's history. He is the first Indian citizen to step into space. He was serving in the Indian Air Force (IAF) as a pilot when he decided to participate in Soviet-Indian spaceflight. Astronaut Rakesh Sharma spent seven days, 21 hours and 40 minutes in space along with two soviet passengers. Born on January 13, 1949, in Patiala and joined IAF in 1970. He flew 21 combat missions in a MiG-21 in the Bangladesh war of 1971. In 1982, Sharma was selected as a cosmonaut for the Soviet-Indian spaceflight. After returning from space he resumed his service to the Indian Air Force and retired as Wing Commander in 1987. Once such a celebrated personality, many people today, are not even aware that the Indian hero is still alive and is leading a life away from the media glare and limelight. Rakesh Sharma is leading a simple and peaceful life in Coonoor, Tamil Nadu. He lives with his wife Madhu. Sharma was also a part of ISRO's National Advisory Council for Gaganyaan, which runs the Astronaut Selection Program.

• 36.7K shares • WhatsApp • Share • Tweet • • Facebook Messenger • Rakesh Sharma, the Punjab-born cosmonaut, and pilot, who took India to become the 14th nation to travel outer space. The soft-spoken, former Indian Air Force Pilot has flown 21 combat flights during the Bangladesh War in 1971 and it was in 1982 that he was selected as a cosmonaut for an Indo-Soviet spaceflight. Sharma created history on April 3, 1984 as he flew along with Yury Malyshev and Gennady Strekalov on the Soyuz T-11 spending eight days in space and finally landing in Kazakhstan on April 11. He has been an inspiration to every space enthusiast in India. Here are some interesting facts about Rakesh Sharma that you probably did not know: 1. Rakesh Sharma was a man of integrity and had respect even for the enemies. It takes a man to be virtuous to achieve great heights and Rakesh Sharma showed pure strength of character in his chivalrous conducts at the time of war. Take a look at one of his quotes to know what we’re talking about: “As Pakistani rangers suffered casualties, they waved white flags, asking BSF to stop the firing so that they can lift the bodies of the dead men. We stopped the firing after their request.”– Rakesh Sharma 2. He experimented with Yoga to cope with space sickness The “zero gravity yoga” was practiced by Sharma in 1984 and his experiments were quite appreciated by the The Rocosmos. At a conference in 2009, Sharma had advised next Indian cosmonauts to practice yoga in order to ...

The only Indian to go into space, recipient of the Ashok Chakra and the Hero of the Soviet Union, Rakesh Sharma is a name that every Indian feels proud of. With a biopic on his life to be released soon, ParentCircle reached out to speak to Rakesh Sharma. Here are excerpts from the interview. ParentCircle: It has been almost 34 years since you became the first Indian to travel into space onboard Soyuz T11. How does it feel to be the only Indian to have accomplished this feat? Rakesh Sharma: It has been unfortunate for the scientific community. I feel that my flight was before its time in the sense that our country's space program was not mature enough at that point to embark on a manned space program. Hence the lack of continuity. PC: Tell us how it happened - your journey from selection to finally making it aboard Soyuz? RS: Well, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) was busy with its satellite program and expressed a lack of interest. So, Mrs. Indira Gandhi, who was the Prime Minister then, asked the Indian Air Force (IAF) next, who jumped at the offer, and I got lucky! PC: What was the reaction of your parents when they got to know that their son was going to be India's first astronaut? RS: Mixed, I guess. Pride on the one hand, naturally, and concern on the other as I was going to be exposed to a lot of risks. PC: How different was the experience of traveling in a rocket from that of flying a fighter aircraft? RS: Vastly different. As the environment of space c...

Members of the press cover the launch of the solar-powered rover Chandrayaan-2 in September. The goal was a moon landing, but the craft crashed. Another attempt to send a rover to the moon is underway. Manjunath Kiran/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Manjunath Kiran/AFP via Getty Images Members of the press cover the launch of the solar-powered rover Chandrayaan-2 in September. The goal was a moon landing, but the craft crashed. Another attempt to send a rover to the moon is underway. Manjunath Kiran/AFP via Getty Images India's space agency says that four astronaut candidates have been selected for its first human mission, targeted to launch by 2022, but they've not been publicly named or identified. India hopes to join the United States, Russia and China as the world's fourth nation capable of sending people to space. It has been developing its own crewed spacecraft, called Gaganyaan (or "sky vehicle" in Sanskrit), that would let two to three people orbit Earth on a weeklong spaceflight. K Sivan, chairman of the A Press Meet was organised today, January 01, 2020, at ISRO Headquarters, Bengaluru on the New Year’s Day. Dr K Sivan, Chairman, ISRO addressed and interacted with over hundred media persons during the meet. For more details visit: He also said his agency had government approval for its next robotic moon mission, Chandrayaan-3, and that work is already underway. That mission could launch in 2021. Sivan told reporters that this lunar effort would i...

By Chayan Kundu: Social media was full of wishes for Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian to travel to space, as he turned 73 on January 13. Many even called him the first Indian astronaut to walk on the moon. One such tweet in Hindi translates to, “Tribute to Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian astronaut to step on the moon, on his birthday.” However, the post is misleading as no astronaut from India has landed on the moon till now. Sharma though was the first Indian to travel to space. In 1984, he, along with two Russian cosmonauts, spent a week in space laboratory Salyut-7. India Today Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) digs deeper. From the horse’s mouth AFWA spoke to the first Indian astronaut on his birthday over phone. “I have never been to the moon. But social media for years has been saying that I’ve been to the moon. I never visit social media, so I’ve never felt the need to correct these things,” Sharma told us about the viral claim. Mission To Moon Twenty-four American astronauts made the trip from Earth to the moon between 1968 and 1972. Russians have also made several unmanned missions and soft landings on the moon. In comparison, India’s mission to moon is still in an early stage. As per reports, Isro will launch the ambitious Chandrayaan-3 mission in the third quarter of 2022. The project has suffered delay due to the pandemic. But India’s manned mission to the moon is still a distant dream. “You got to first cut your teeth in making humans survive in the near-Earth orb...