2006-10-03 07:27:35 · 8 answers · asked by narayanan n 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
RAKESH SHARMA
Number of Flights: 1
Space Flights Launch Date - Flight Up Landing Date - Flight Down
1. Soyuz T-11 April 3, 1984 - Soyuz T-11 April 11, 1984 - Soyuz T-10(B)
Space Flights Descriptions
1. Soyuz T-11 Salyut 7 Visiting Expedition EP-03 Crew
Docked with Salyut 7 aboard Soyuz T-11 on April 4, 1984
Returned to Earth aboard Soyuz T-10(B) on April 11, 1984
KALPANA CHAWLA
Chawla joined the NASA astronaut corps in March 1995 and was selected for her first flight in 1996. Her first space mission began on November 19, 1997 as part of the six astronaut crew that flew the Space Shuttle Columbia flight STS-87. Chawla was the first Indian-born woman and the second person of Indian origin to fly in space, following cosmonaut Rakesh Sharma who flew in 1984 in a Soviet spacecraft. It must be noted that while Rakesh Sharma represented India, Chawla was an American astronaut who represented the United States. Sharma and Chawla never met despite their common interests.
On her first mission Chawla travelled over 6.5 million miles in 252 orbits of the earth, logging more than 375 hours in space. During STS-87, she was responsible for deploying the Spartan Satellite which malfunctioned, necessitating a spacewalk by Winston Scott and Takao Doi to capture the satellite. A five-month NASA investigation identified errors in software interfaces and flight crew and ground control procedures. Chawla was fully exonerated and significant changes to procedures and software resulted from the final report.
SUNITHA WILLIAMS
Sunita Williams, an American astronaut of Indian origin, has been chosen to be a part of NASA's 14th expedition to the International Space Station (ISS). Sunita will work as a flight engineer on the mission.
2006-10-03 19:57:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Oh god... there have been several
http://pages.prodigy.net/pxkb94ars/Astro_India.htm
And I don't think that is complete... I swear there has been a female, Indian astronaut... perhaps she was Indian-American?
From Columbia right... waiiiiit
Yea... Kalpana Chawla
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/columbiacrew1.html
2006-10-03 09:03:01 · answer #2 · answered by iMi 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
sqn ldr Rakesh Sharma
2006-10-03 07:32:25 · answer #3 · answered by openpsychy 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I also heard some amazon tribesmen went to the center of the earth.
2006-10-03 07:31:38 · answer #4 · answered by T-Luv 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
kalpana chavla who went in the space but sorry to say that she is died now by Columbia crash of space shuttle
2006-10-03 13:58:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
it's RAKESH SHARMA......i know tis coz i was named after he got selected for the squad...
2006-10-03 07:38:52 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
RAKESH SHARMA
KALPANA CHAWLA
2006-10-03 11:21:45 · answer #7 · answered by agni 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
what is your question?
2006-10-03 07:29:43 · answer #8 · answered by bubbles26 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋