While there have been other astronauts of Indian origin, they were not citizens of India. Rakesh Sharma was born in Patiala, Punjab, on January 13, 1949. He participated in the Soviet Interkosmos ...

In an interactive session at the Global Space Exploration Conference here, Sharma said astronauts who had been to the moon also shared that the Earth appeared more grey and less blue than it did ...

Global Space Exploration Conference (GLEX 2025) launched an astronaut outreach programme to fuel its mission of attracting ...

ISRO astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, will become the first Indian to travel to ISS, and the second Indian on a spaceflight mission since Rakesh Sharma voyage aboard the Soyuz T-11 in 1984.

New Delhi: Axiom Space will launch its fourth mission to the International Space Station, carrying Indian astronaut Group ... comes four decades after Rakesh Sharma's iconic spaceflight onboard ...

Scheduled for May 2025, this mission will mark India's return to human spaceflight after a gap of over four decades since Rakesh Sharma's historic ... was among the four astronauts introduced ...

following Rakesh Sharma's iconic 1984 mission aboard a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft. Shukla, a decorated test pilot with over 2,000 hours of flying experience, was selected for India's astronaut ...