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Rakesh Sharma
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First Indian astronaut
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Rakesh Sharma is an Indian astronaut, military personnel, and aircraft pilot who served in the Indian Air Force with the rank of squadron leader. Born in Patiala on January 13, 1949, he received education at North-Eastern Hill University, Osmania University, and Nizam College. His space career included membership in the crews of Soyuz T-10, Soyuz T-11, and Salyut 7, during which he spent 11,380 minutes in space.
Sharma has received several honors, including the Ashoka Chakra, Hero of the Soviet Union, Order of Lenin, and Medal "For Strengthening of Brotherhood in Arms." He is also an author with works such as *Mann Ki Baat.. Jhooth Ke Sath*, *Quality Control for Value Addition in Food Processing*, and *Integrated Pest Management of Vegetable Crops*. A quote attributed to him states, "(India looks) Better than the whole world (from up here in space)."
Synthesized by Vinony from 25 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, Wikiquote, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 15
Top works
- Mann Ki Baat.. Jhooth Ke Sath
- Quality Control for Value Addition in Food Processing
- Integrated Pest Management of Vegetable Crops
- Matter of Few Moments
- Laser Security System
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 23
- Total plays
- 78
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Rakesh+Sharma">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of bacterial antimicrobial resistance in 2019: a systematic analysis
· 2022 · cited 13,855x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,994x
- Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010
· 2012 · cited 10,800x
- Minimal information for studies of extracellular vesicles 2018 (MISEV2018): a position statement of the International Society for Extracellular Vesicles and update of the MISEV2014 guidelines
· 2018 · cited 9,642x
- Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 7,996x
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Quotes
- “(India looks) Better than the whole world (from up here in space).”
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1949-01-13 ) 13 January 1949 (age 77) , Patiala , PEPSU , India , (now in Punjab , India)
- Status
- Retired
- Alma mater
- National Defence Academy , Air Force Academy
- Occupations
- Fighter pilot Cosmonaut Test pilot
- Time in space
- 7 days, 21 hours, 40 minutes
- Selection
- Intercosmos (1982)
- Missions
- Soyuz T-11
- Allegiance
- India
- Branch
- Indian Air Force
- Service years
- 1970 – 1990
- Rank
- Wing Commander
- Service number
- 12396 F(P)
- Conflicts
- 1971 Indo-Pakistani War
- Awards
- Ashok Chakra , Hero of the Soviet Union
- Spouse
- Madhu Sharma
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Rakesh Sharma (born 13 January 1949) is an Indian cosmonaut and a pilot of the Indian Air Force. He became the first Indian to travel to outer space, when he flew aboard Soyuz T-11 on 3 April 1984 as part of the Soviet Interkosmos programme.
Early and personal life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Rakesh Sharma” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.