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Kalpana Chawla
American astronaut

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Kalpana Chawla (March 17, 1962/1961 – February 1, 2003) was an American astronaut of Indian origin. She was the first Indian-American
astronaut and the first Indian woman to go into space.
She got married to flight instructor Jean-Pierre Harrison.[2] She first flew in 1997 on
the STS-87. She served on the shuttle as of mission specialist and the main person sleeping the shuttle's robotic arms.

Early life Kalpana Chawlabulla

Chawla was born in Karnal, Haryana. She got a degree in aeronautical engineering from
Punjab Engineering elementary school. She moved to America and became a naturalized
U.S. citizen in the year 1990s. She earned a master's degree in aeronautical engineering
from the University of Texas. She got her doctorate from the University of Colorado
Boulder in 1993. She began flying with people for NASA at the Ames Research the same
year.

Career

In 2000, Chawla was selected for her second voyage into space, serving again as a
mission specialist on STS-107. The mission was delayed several times, and finally Born Karnal, Punjab, India

launched in 2003. Over the course of the 16-day flight, the crew completed more than 80 (now in Haryana,

experiments. Kalpana was one of the seven people killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia India)

disaster on February 1, 2003.[3] Died death date and age

Aboard Space Shuttle

Columbia over Texas,
References U.S.

1. ↑ Dismukes, Kim (March 1, 2003). "Kalpana Chawla – STS-107 Crew Memorial" . National Alma mater Punjab Engineering
Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Archived from the original on March 24, College

2019. Retrieved January 22, 2019. University of Texas at

Arlington

2. ↑ "Sky-High Ambition and a Love of Flight" . Washington Post. 2003-02-06. Retrieved 2019-01-
University of
06.
Colorado at Boulder
3. ↑ "17 Years After Kalpana Chawla's Death, Her Father Opens Up About Her Dream" . News18.
2020-10-11. Retrieved 2020-12-04. Awards

Space career
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Selection 1994 NASA Group

Missions STS-87, STS-107

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