Kalpana Chawla
Indian-American astronaut and aerospace engineer
Kalpana Chawla was an Indian-born American astronaut and aerospace engineer who was the first woman of Indian origin to fly to space. She first flew on Space Shuttle Columbia in 1997 as a mission specialist and primary robotic arm operator aboard... Wikipedia
Born: March 17, 1962, Karnal, India
Died: February 1, 2003 (age 40 years), Texas
Space missions: STS-107 and STS-87
Spouse: Jean-Pierre Harrison (m. 1983–2003)
First space flight: STS-87
Education: University of Colorado Boulder (1988), The University of Texas at Arlington (1982–1984), Punjab Engineering College (PEC), and more
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EXPERIENCE: In 1988, Kalpana Chawla started work at NASA Ames Research Center in the area of powered-lift computational fluid dynamics. Her research ...
Dr. Kalpana Chawla was an astronaut and aerospace engineer on the space shuttle Columbia, and the first Indian woman in space.
Mar 17, 2024 · Born on March 17, 1963, she and six other astronauts were aboard Nasa's Columbia spacecraft in 2003 when it disintegrated into pieces and ...
Kalpana Chawla was born in Karnal, Haryana, India on March 17, 1962. She received a. Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical engineering from Punjab ...