Squardon Leader Rakesh Sharma and Yury Malyshev with Salyut-7 crewmember Vladimir Solovyov and Oleg Atkov Source: http://spacefacts.de/english/bio_cosm.htm

Rakesh Sharma with Russia's Yury Malyshev and Gennady Strekalov on the Soyuz T-11. Source: ISRO is on the hunt for next Rakesh Sharma; The Economic Times 07 July 2018 https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/science/isro-is-on-the-hunt-for-next-rakesh-s

Indian Cosmonauts Wing Commander Ravish Malhotra and Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma inside a Soyuz training module Source : http://spacefacts.de/english/bio_cosm.htm

Air commodore (Later Air Marshal) Ramachandran with Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma (Later Wing Commander). 14 Squadron “Bulls” Jaguar Source: Private Collection

In April 1984, Rakesh Sharma became the first Indian to go into Space as a member of a joint Soviet-Indian crew on the Soyuz T-11 spacecraft. He spent a week working at the Salyut-7 Orbital Station Source: ANI https://www.aninews.in/news/world/asia/photo

Photo Exhibition inaugurated on April 2024 to mark 40th Anniversary of the First Indian Cosmonaut; held at the Russian House in Chennai in partnership with Russian News Agency TASS Source: ANI https://www.aninews.in/news/world/asia/photo-exhibition-inaug