Sharma, Rakesh 'Rikki'
Person · India
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Indian pilot cosmonaut 1982-1984. First Indian astronaut. Indian Air Force
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Related
- Family
- Cosmonaut
- Country
- India
- Spacecraft
- Salyut 7
- Flights
- Soyuz T-10, Soyuz T-11
- Agency
- Indian AF
- Bibliography
- 6017
Chronology
4 events
1949 January 13
- Birth of Rakesh 'Rikki' Sharma - . Nation: India. Related Persons: Sharma. Indian pilot cosmonaut 1982-1984. First Indian astronaut. Indian Air Force 1 spaceflight, 7.9 days in space. Flew to orbit on Soyuz T-11 (1984)..
1982 September 20
- International Cosmonaut Training Group selected. - . Nation: India. Related Persons: Malhotra, Sharma. Training group of Indian 'guest cosmonauts' for a propaganda flight to the Salyut space station..
1984 April 3
13:08 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC31. LV Family: R-7. Launch Vehicle: Soyuz-U.- Soyuz T-11 - .
Call Sign: Yupiter (Jupiter ). Crew: Malyshev,
Sharma,
Strekalov.
Backup Crew: Berezovoi,
Grechko,
Malhotra.
Payload: Soyuz T s/n 17L. Mass: 6,850 kg (15,100 lb). Nation: Russia.
Agency: MOM.
Program: Salyut 7.
Class: Manned.
Type: Manned spacecraft. Flight: Soyuz T-10,
Soyuz T-11.
Spacecraft Bus: Soyuz.
Spacecraft: Soyuz T.
Duration: 181.91 days. Decay Date: 1984-10-02 . USAF Sat Cat: 14872 . COSPAR: 1984-032A. Apogee: 224 km (139 mi). Perigee: 195 km (121 mi). Inclination: 51.60 deg. Period: 88.70 min.
Manned three crew. Docked with Salyut 7.Transported a Soviet-Indian international crew comprising ship's commander Y V Malyshev, flight engineer G M Strekalov (USSR) and cosmonaut-researcher R Sharma (India) to the SALYUT-7 orbital station to conduct scientific and technical studies and experiments.
1984 April 11
- Landing of Soyuz T-10 - . Return Crew: Malyshev, Sharma, Strekalov. Nation: Russia. Related Persons: Malyshev, Sharma, Strekalov. Program: Salyut 7. Flight: Soyuz T-10, Soyuz T-11. Soyuz T-10 landed at 10:50 GMT, 160 km E Dzehezkazgan, with the crew of Malyshev, Sharma and Strekalov aboard..