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Kalpana Chawla
Indian-born American astronaut (1962–2003)
Kalpana Chawla (17 March 1962 –1 February 2003) was an Indian-born American astronaut and aerospace engineer who was the first woman of Indian origin to fly to space. Chawla expressed an interest in aerospace engineering from an early age and took engineering classes at Dayal Singh College and Punjab Engineering College in India. She then traveled to the United States, where she earned her MSc and PhD, becoming a naturalized United States citizen in the early 1990s.
She first flew on Space Shuttle Columbia in 1997 as a mission specialist and robotic arm operator aboard STS-87. Her role in the flight caused some controversy due to the failed deployment of the Shuttle-Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy ("Spartan") module. Chawla's second flight was in 2003 on STS-107, the final flight of Columbia. She was one of the seven crew members who died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster when the spacecraft
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- Kalpana Chawla was born on 17 March 1962 in Karnal, Haryana, India to Banarsi Lal Chawla, the owner of a tire manufacturing plant, and Sanjogta Kharbanda.
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- Before becoming the first woman of Indian origin to go to space, Kalpana Chawla was the sole woman in her Bachelor’s in Aeronautical Engineering class at the Punjab Engineering College.
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| Flight engineer Kalpana Chawla spoke to Chief of Bureau (New York) Anil Padmanabhan just before taking off on her second and final mission. |
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- Kalpana Chawla was American astronaut who died in the Space Shuttle ‘Columbia’ disaster.
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- Kalpana Chawla (17 March –1 February ) was an Indian-born American astronaut and aerospace engineer who was the first woman of Indian origin to fly to space.