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{{Infobox Astronaut| name =Rakesh Sharma|image =Sharma rakesh.jpg|50px| type = Intercosmos Cosmonaut]n| date_birth =January 13, 1949, [Punjab, India, India| rank =[Squadron Leader (retired Wing Commander (rank)), Indian Air Force| time =7d 21h 40m| mission =[Soyuz T-11, [1949 in Patiala, Punjab, India, India) was the Firsts in India Indian and 138th man to visit space.

Born in Patiala Punjab joined the Indian Air Force and progress rapidly through the ranks. Rakesh Sharma, then squadron leader and pilot with the Indian Air Force embarked on the historic mission in 1984 as part of a joint space program between the Indian Space Research Organisation and the Soviet space program Intercosmos space program and spent eight days in space aboard the Salyut 7 space station. Launched along with two other Soviet cosmonauts aboard Soyuz T-11 on the 2 April 1984, was 35-year-old Rakesh Sharma. During the flight, Squadron Leader Sharma conducted multi-spectral photography of northern India in anticipation of the construction of hydroelectric power stations in the Himalayas. In a famous conversation, he was asked by the then Prime Minister of India Indira Gandhi how India looked from the space and he replied, Saare Jahan Se Achcha, (better than the whole world).

He was conferred with the honour of Hero of Soviet Union upon his return from space. The Government of India conferred its highest gallantry award(during peace time), the Ashoka Chakra Award on him and the other two Russian members of his mission.

Squadron Leader Sharma and his backup, Wing Commander Ravish Malhotra, also prepared an elaborate series of Weightlessness Yoga exercises which the former had practised aboard the Salyut 7. Retired with the rank of Wing Commander, Rakesh Sharma joined Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) as a test pilot. He was based at the Aircraft & Systems Testing Establishment (ASTE) in Bangalore and worked on the indigenous HAL Tejas program.

Rakesh Sharma has now retired from active employment.

In November 2006 he took part in India's top scientists gathering http://www.spacedaily.com/reports/Time_Is_Right_To_Put_An_Indian_In_Space_999.html organized by ISRO which gave the green signal to an Indian human spaceflight program.

References The manned space program of the Indian Space Research Organisation has depended entirely upon Russia, and the first Indian cosmonaut became the 138th man into space, he spent eight days in space aboard Salyut 7. Launched along with two other Soviet cosmonauts aboard Soyuz T-11 on 02 April 1984, was then-Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma, a 35 year old Indian Air Force pilot. During the flight, Squadron Leader Sharma conducted multi-spectral photography of northern India in anticipation of the construction of hydroelectric power stations in the Himalayas

External links

• Spacefacts biography of Rakesh Sharma