 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Bangalore, India (PTI) Feb 17, 2009 India''s only cosmonaut, Wing Commander (retired) Rakesh Sharma flew in the Boeing-made FA-18 Super Hornet at Aero India 2009 in Bangalore on Friday. Dressed in the pilot overhauls, Sharma (60) almost logged one-hour sortie as a part of the promotional flight programme by Boeing. Incidentally, Boeing has bid for the Indian Air Force (IAF) medium multi-role combat aircraft deal. After the flight, Sharma said that he enjoyed every moment of being in the flying suit and the zero gravity situation inside a cockpit. "It has been extremely exciting and it''s really nice to get back to the life that I once knew. It''s good to smell oxygen mask again. I thoroughly enjoyed this opportunity, which I got once again," he added. Sharma as a Squadron Leader in 1984 had embarked on the space journey to become the first ever Indian spaceman as part of a joint programme between the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the Soviet Inter-Cosmos space programme. He spent eight days in space on board the Salyut 7 space station. He joined two other Soviet cosmonauts aboard the Soyuz T-11 spacecraft, which had blastedoff on April 2, 1984. An ace test pilot, he retired as a Wing Commander from the IAF in 2001.
Source: Press Trust of India Related Links Indian Air Force (IAF) Space Tourism, Space Transport and Space Exploration News
EU lays out voluntary space code
Geneva (AFP) Feb 12, 2009The European Union on Thursday presented a proposal for a voluntary international code on the use of outer space to the Conference on Disarmament, just days after a Russian and US satellite collided. |
. |
|
| The content herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright Space.TV Corporation. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by Space.TV Corp on any Web page published or hosted by Space.TV Corp. Privacy Statement |
