Hi,
These people have made India proud by stepping into space. Following are the Indians who stepped into space:
1) Wing commander Rakesh Sharma, is a former Indian Air Force test pilot, and Cosmonaut who flew in space aboard Soyuz T-11 as part of an Intercosmos Research Team. Sharma was the first Indian to travel in space.
2) Kalpana Chawla was an Indian-American astronaut with NASA. She was one of seven crew members killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
3) Ravish Malhotra is a retired Air Commodore of the Indian Air Force. In 1982, he was chosen to train for spaceflight in the Soviet Union's Intercosmos program. Malhotra served as backup for Rakesh Sharma on the Soyuz T-11 mission which launched the first Indian citizen into space. Malhotra was awarded the Kirti Chakra in 1984.
Though Ravish Malhotra didn't go to space but he still made India proud.
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3:23 PM on August 03, 2011