Rakesh Sharma
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Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma, AC is an Indian former Air Force pilot who flew aboard Soyuz T-11 on 3 April 1984 as part of the Soviet Interkosmos programme. He is the only Indian citizen to travel in space, although there have been other astronauts of Indian origin who travelled to space, who were not Indian citizens. Another Air Force pilot, Ravish Malhotra, was placed on standby.
Rakesh Sharma, as a Squadron Leader in the Indian Air Force
Back-up cosmonaut Ravish Malhotra's suit restored at Nehru Planetarium
Interkosmos
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Interkosmos was a Soviet space program, designed to help the Soviet Union's allies with crewed and uncrewed space missions.
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