Admin Is Rakesh Sharma alive now?
Sharma retired from flying in 2001. He now lives in Kunnoor in Tamil Nadu and is a non-executive chairman of Bangalore (Bengaluru) Based Cadila Labs.
Who is the first Indian woman to go to space?
Kalpana Chawla
Kalpana Chawla was the first India-born woman astronaut to go to space.
Who is the first Indian man?
List of First in India (Male)
| First Prime Minister of free India | Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru |
|---|---|
| First Indian man in space | Rakesh Sharma |
| First Prime Minister of India who resigned without completing Full term | Morarji Desai |
| First Indian Commander-in-Chief of India | General Cariappa |
| First Cheif of Army Staff | Gen. Maharaj Rajendra Singhji |
Who was the first man into space?
cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin
On April 12, 1961, aboard the spacecraft Vostok 1, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin becomes the first human being to travel into space. During the flight, the 27-year-old test pilot and industrial technician also became the first man to orbit the planet, a feat accomplished by his space capsule in 89 minutes.
Who went to space in India?
Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma is the only Indian citizen to travel in space. The former Indian Air Force pilot flew aboard Soyuz T-11 on April 3, 1984, part of the Soviet Interkosmos programme.
Who was the 2nd woman in space?
Svetlana Savitskaya is an ex-cosmonaut who enjoyed an illustrious record-breaking career where she not only became the second woman in space, but the first to fly in space twice. Her tenacious spirit and exceptional flying ability paved the way for female cosmonauts.
Who is the Indian in space?
Commander Rakesh Sharma
Rakesh Sharma
| Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma AC | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Test pilot at the Indian Air Force |
| Awards | Ashoka Chakra Hero of the Soviet Union |
| Space career | |
| Time in space | 7 d 21 h 40 m |