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Rakesh Sharma
Sign in to saveAlso known as Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma, SQUADRON LEADER RAKESH SHARMA
First Indian astronaut
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
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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.