GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1984, Sharma became the first Indian citizen to enter space when he flew aboard the Soviet rocket Soyuz T-11 launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic on 3 April 1984.

Detailed explanation-2: -Rakesh Sharma was the first Indian to go to space. On 3rd April 1984, he was on board Soyuz T-11, launched from Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic’s Baikonur Cosmodrome. The Soyuz T-11 spacecraft docked and transferred the three-member Soviet-Indian international crew at Salyut 7 Orbital Station.

Detailed explanation-3: -Unfortunately, the number of Indian astronauts or vyomanauts that have landed on the moon is zero. The first vyomanaut, Rakesh Sharma, was sent into space on the Russian spaceflight Soyuyz T-11 in April 1984.