Biography of indian astronaut rakesh sharma biography in english

Rakesh Sharma, the first Indian astronaut and the th person in the world to travel to space, is a Hero of the Soviet Union.

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He joined the Khadakvasla National Defense Academy in and successfully completed his training in Sharma then served in the Indian Air Force, where he had a successful career. In , when India was invited to participate in the Soviet program "Interkosmos," Major Sharma applied to be part of the cosmonaut squad. Out of applicants, he was selected and began training at the Star City, where he also studied the Russian language.

Rakesh Sharma was assigned as a research cosmonaut in the crew of the Soyuz T spacecraft. The crew consisted of Yuri Vasilyevich Malyshev as the commander, Gennady Mikhailovich Strekalov as the flight engineer, and Rakesh Sharma as the research cosmonaut. On April 3, , Soyuz T was launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome and docked with the orbital space station "Salyut During his mission, Rakesh Sharma conducted multi-zone photography of the Northern regions of India to assess the feasibility of building a hydroelectric power station in the Himalayas.

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He also had a communication session with the Prime Minister of India, Indira Gandhi, who asked him how India looked from space. Sharma responded with a line from a patriotic poem: "India looks better than any other country in the world. For his successful international space flight, courage, and heroism, Rakesh Sharma was awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union by the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet on April 11, He was also presented with the Order of Lenin and the Gold Star medal.

The Indian government awarded the crew with the highest military honor of India, the Ashoka Chakra. He served in the company's National Flight Test Center in Bangalore, where he contributed to the development of the Indian light fighter aircraft.