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India astronaut group, 1982

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Requirement: pilots from India to visit Salyut space station for propaganda purposes on Soyuz ferry-exchange mission.

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Malhotra Indian pilot cosmonaut, 1982-1984. Indian Air Force test pilot, stationed at the Bangalore space test center. Later worked for Dynamatic Technologies. Brigadier General (Air Commodore), Retired.
Sharma Indian pilot cosmonaut 1982-1984. First Indian astronaut. Indian Air Force