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How A 35-Year-Old Indian Pilot Became The First To Photograph Earth From Space

On April 3, 1982, something amazing happened in the history of space exploration between India and Russia. Rakesh Sharma, a 35-year-old pilot from the Indian Air Force, became the first Indian to travel to space. He flew aboard a spacecraft called Soyuz T-11, along with two Russian cosmonauts, Commander Yury Malyshev and Flight Engineer Gennady Strekalov. Together, they traveled to the Salyut-7 space station, where Sharma spent eight extraordinary days.

The Journey Begins

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