Episode 63: Rakesh Sharma India’s first and only spaceman

Published: Nov. 3, 2013, 10:56 p.m.

With a population of 1.2 billion people, India has just one national with first hand experience of spaceflight. Rakesh Sharma, a now retired Indian Air Force wing commander in 1984 spent eight days in space aboard the Soviet space station Salyut 7. This account of his spaceflight was recorded at this home in the Nilgris region of India in August 2013. MP3 audio below and Youtube video below that http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up_ANSNTB-U