Soyuz T-11

Soyuz T-10
Jupiter

USSR

Launch, orbit and landing data

Launch date:	03.04.1984
Launch time:	13:08 UTC
Launch site:	Baikonur
Launch pad:	31
Altitude:	202 - 240 km
Inclination:	51,6°
Docking Salyut 7:	04.04.1984, 14:31:11 UTC
Undocking Salyut 7:	02.10.1984, 07:35 UTC
Landing date:	11.04.1984
Landing time:	10:48 UTC
Landing site:	145 km SE of Dzheskasgan

Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Position	Flight No.	Duration	Orbits
1	Malyshev	Yuri Vasiliyevich	Commander	2	7d 21h 40m	126
2	Strekalov	Gennadi Mikhailovich	Flight Engineer	3	7d 21h 40m	126
3	Sharma	Rakesh "Rikki"	Research Cosmonaut	1	7d 21h 40m	126

Crew seating arrangement

Launch
1	Malyshev
2	Strekalov
3	Sharma

Landing
1	Kizim
2	Soloviyov
3	Atkov

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Double Crew

No.	Surname	Given names	Position
1	Berezovoy	Anatoli Nikolayevich	Commander
2	Grechko	Georgi Mikhailovich	Flight Engineer
3	Malhotra	Ravish	Research Cosmonaut

Flight

Launch from the Baikonur Cosmodrome; landing with Soyuz T-10 capsule 145 km southeast of Dzheskasgan. Rakesh Sharma became the first cosmonaut from India.

Following a one day solo flight Soyuz T-11 docked with the Salyut 7 space station on April 04, 1984 and common work with the third resident crew was performed. The crew conducted scientific and technical studies which included 43 experimental sessions, as Earth observation program concentrating on India and silicium fusing tests. Rakesh Sharma used Yoga techniques to combat the debilitating effects of weightlessness. His work was mainly in the fields of biomedicine and remote sensing. The crew held a joint television news conference with officials in Moscow and Prime Minister Gandhi.