Back Kalpana Chawla AN كالبانا تشاولا Arabic كالبانا تشاولا ARZ কল্পনা চাওলা Assamese Kalpana Chawla AST कल्पना चावला AWA Калпана Чаўла Byelorussian Калпана Чаула Bulgarian কল্পনা চাওলা Bengali/Bangla Kalpana Chawla Catalan
Kalpana Chawla | |
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| Born | March 17, 1962 |
| Died | February 1, 2003 (aged 40) Over Texas, U.S |
| Cause of death | Space Shuttle Columbia disaster |
| Resting place | Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington County, Virginia, U.S. |
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| Education | Punjab Engineering College (BEng) University of Texas, Arlington (MS) University of Colorado, Boulder (MS, PhD) |
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| Space career | |
| NASA astronaut | |
Time in space | 31d 14h 54m[1] |
| Selection | NASA Group 15 (1994) |
| Missions | STS-87 STS-107 |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Aerospace engineering |
| Thesis | Computation of Dynamics and Control of Unsteady Vortical Flows (1988) |
Kalpana Chawla (17 March 1962 – 1 February 2003)[2] was an Indian-born American astronaut and aerospace engineer who was the first woman of Indian origin to fly to space.[3][4] She first flew on Space Shuttle Columbia in 1997 as a mission specialist and primary robotic arm operator aboard STS-87.[5] 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 disintegrated during its re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere on 1 February 2003.[6]
Chawla was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor,[7] and several streets, universities, and institutions are named in her honor.[8][9][10]
- ^ Dismukes, Kim (7 May 2009). "Kalpana Chawla – STS-107 Crew Memorial". NASA. Archived from the original on 6 November 2004. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ "Kalpana Chawla Birth Anniversary: Here are lesser-known facts about the first woman of Indian origin to fly to space". Hindustan Times. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
- ^ Rizvi, Salim (11 December 2006). "Indo-US astronaut follows Kalpana's footsteps". BBC News. New York: BBC. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
Almost four years after the death of the first American astronaut Kalpana Chawla in the Columbia space shuttle disaster, Nasa has sent another woman of Indian origin into space.
- ^ Redd, Nola Taylor. "Kalpana Chawla: Biography & Columbia Disaster". Space.com. Tech Media Network. Retrieved 20 November 2012.
- ^ "Dr. Kalpana Chawla, astronaut and aerospace engineer, was the first Indian woman in space". AWIS. 11 May 2021. Retrieved 21 January 2023.
- ^ "Kalpana Chawla". NBC News. 30 December 2008. Retrieved 24 May 2012.
- ^ "Astronaut Bio: Kalpana Chawla" (PDF). NASA. May 2004. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
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