Jump to content

Rakesh Sharma

From Wikiquote

Revision as of 16:16, 15 June 2024 by Tropicalkitty (talk | contribs) (Reverted edits by 2401:4900:8251:AAAF:0:0:1292:93AC (talk) to last version by N.A. , Freibierfan: test edits, please use the sandbox)

(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)

Rakesh Sharma in 1984

Rakesh Sharma (Hindi: राकेश शर्मा; born 13 January 1949) is a former Indian Air Force pilot who flew aboard Soyuz T-11 on 3 April 1984 as part of the Soviet Interkosmos programme. He is the only Indian citizen to travel in space, although there have been other astronauts with an Indian background who were not Indian citizens.

This article about a person or group of people is a stub. You can help out with Wikiquote by expanding it!

Quotes

(India looks) Better than the whole world (from up here in space).
- Rakesh Sharma (2021) cited in ""How Does India Look From Space?": What First Indian Astronaut Told Indira Gandhi" on NDTV, 2 April 2020.

External links

Wikipedia

Wikipedia has an article about:

Rakesh Sharma

Commons

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:

Rakesh Sharma

Retrieved from "https://en.wikiquote.org/w/index.php?title=Rakesh_Sharma&oldid=3531781"