What Ex IAF Pilot, Who Almost Became 1st Indian In Space, Said On Gaganyaan | Read
Air Commodore Ravish Malhotra (Retd), who narrowly missed the spacecraft on the historic Indo-Soviet space mission in 1984, still wants to fly into space.
Mr Malhotra, 80, was selected along with Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma for India's first space mission. He was trained to fly on that mission as a backup for Mr Sharma, who flew aboard Soyuz T-11 on April 3, 1984, and became the first - and still the only - Indian to travel in space.
