ASTRONAUT

Rakesh Sharma

1949 - Today

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Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma, AC (born 13 January 1949) is an Indian astronaut and a former Indian Air Force officer. He 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 of Indian origin who travelled to space, who were not Indian citizens. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Rakesh Sharma has received more than 5,000,103 page views. His biography is available in 43 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 42 in 2019). Rakesh Sharma is the 79th most popular astronaut (down from 70th in 2019), the 335th most popular biography from India (down from 315th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Indian Astronaut.

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Among ASTRONAUTS

Among astronauts, Rakesh Sharma ranks 79 out of 556. Before him are Phạm Tuân, Yuri Artyukhin, Sally Ride, Konstantin Feoktistov, Georgi Ivanov, and Leonid Popov. After him are Judith Resnik, Rusty Schweickart, Viktor Afanasyev, Boris Volynov, Aleksandr Pavlovich Aleksandrov, and James McDivitt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Rakesh Sharma ranks 198. Before him are Nawaz Sharif, Alain Finkielkraut, Josip Bozanić, Brent Spiner, Lois McMaster Bujold, and George Dalaras. After him are Paulo Cézar Caju, Judith Resnik, Papa Wemba, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, Roger Deakins, and Ric Ocasek.

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In India

Among people born in India, Rakesh Sharma ranks 335 out of 1,861. Before him are Tatya Tope (1814), Rajnath Singh (1951), Birju Maharaj (1937), Lakshmi Sahgal (1914), Shashi Kapoor (1938), and Kumārila Bhaṭṭa (700). After him are Anish Kapoor (1954), Mulayam Singh Yadav (1939), Vikram Sarabhai (1919), Lalu Prasad Yadav (1948), Wilfred Bion (1897), and Jim Corbett (1875).

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Among ASTRONAUTS In India

Among astronauts born in India, Rakesh Sharma ranks 2. Before him are Kalpana Chawla (1961).

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