how many indian astronauts have gone to space
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title: History of spaceflight text: of 2016 or early 2017. India has successfully launched an interplanetary mission, Mars Orbiter Mission, in 2013 which reached Mars in September 2014, hence becoming the first country in the world to do a Mars mission in its maiden attempt. The ISRO is currently developing a small shuttle system. Cosmonauts and astronauts from other nations have flown in space, beginning with the flight of Vladimir Remek, a Czech, on a Soviet spacecraft on March 2, 1978. , a total of 536 people from 38 countries have gone into space according to the FAI guideline. India, Taiwan and Japan are increasingly title: Astronaut text: Remek, the first cosmonaut from a country other than the Soviet Union or the United States, who flew to space in 1978 on a Soyuz-U rocket. Rakesh Sharma became the first Indian citizen to travel to space. He was launched aboard Soyuz T-11, on 2 April 1984. On July 23, 1980, Pham Tuan of Vietnam became the first Asian in space when he flew aboard Soyuz 37. Also in 1980, Cuban Arnaldo Tamayo Méndez became the first person of Hispanic and black African descent to fly in space, and in 1983, Guion Bluford became the first African American to fly title: Comparison of Asian national space programs text: on the practical uses of space in increasing the standard of living. Remote sensing and communications satellites were placed into orbit. The first Indian to travel in space was Rakesh Sharma, who flew aboard Soyuz T-11, launched April 2, 1984, from erstwhile USSR. Just a few days after China said that it would send a human into orbit in the second half of 2003, Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee publicly urged his country's scientists to work towards sending a man to the Moon. It successfully sent its probe to the Moon in October 2008 and is planning its second title: Rakesh Sharma text: Rakesh Sharma Rakesh Sharma (born 13 January 1949) is a former Indian Air Force pilot who flew aboard Soyuz T-11, launched on 2 April 1984, as part of the Interkosmos programme. Sharma is the first Indian citizen to travel in space. Sharma was born on 13 January 1949 in Patiala, Punjab, India. He attended one of the top schools in the city, St. Ann's High School, Secunderabad, and later on went to study in St. Georges Grammar School, Hyderabad. He graduated from Nizam College, Hyderabad. He joined the Indian Air Force as a cadet in 1966 at the age of title: Rakesh Sharma text: his wife, Madhu, learned Russian during their stay in the Soviet Union in 1982. His son, Kapil, is a film director, whilst his daughter, Kritika, is a media artist. A biographical Hindi-language film titled, "Salute" (formerly-"Saare Jahaan Se Achcha"), is under pre-production. Shah Rukh Khan would portray the life of Sharma on-screen. Rakesh Sharma Rakesh Sharma (born 13 January 1949) is a former Indian Air Force pilot who flew aboard Soyuz T-11, launched on 2 April 1984, as part of the Interkosmos programme. Sharma is the first Indian citizen to travel in space. Sharma was born on 13 January 1949