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Aboard Soyuz T-11, Rakesh Sharma (pictured) became the first Indian to be launched into space.
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Rakesh Sharma is an Indian cosmonaut and a former Indian Air Force officer. He flew aboard Soyuz T-11 on 3 April 1984 as part of the Soviet Interkosmos programme. He is the first Indian citizen to travel in space, although there have been other astronauts of Indian origin who…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)