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On which spacecraft did Rakesh Sharma make his historic trip to Space?

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On which spacecraft did Rakesh Sharma make his historic trip to Space?
posted May 21, 2016 by Arun Angadi

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Soyuz T-11, launched April 3, 1984, as part of the Intercosmos programme. Sharma was the first Indian to travel in space.

answer May 21, 2016 by Kapil Kumar
Soyuz T-11 was the 6th expedition to Salyut 7, and carried the first Indian cosmonaut to the Salyut 7 station.

Salyut 7 was unmanned after the undocking of Soyuz T-11 in October 1984 until Soyuz T-13 docked with the station in June 1985. Salyut 7 developed problems during the unmanned time, which meant that the crew of Soyuz T-13 had to perform a manual docking and do repairs to the station
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