-EVENT-
Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma

Date

3rd Apr 1984
Expired!

Time

...
41 Years ago

Rakesh Sharma became the first Indian to travel to space.


On April 3, 1984, when Rakesh Sharma flew the Soviet rocket Soyuz T-11, from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Soviet Union (present-day Kazakhstan). He became the first Indian citizen to reach space.