Kalpana Chawla (March 17, 1962 – February 1, 2003) was an Indian 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.

2022年2月10日 · Kalpana Chawla became the first Indian-born woman to go to space in 1997. Six years later, on February 1, 2003, Chawla died when the space shuttle Columbia broke up on re-entry into Earth's...

2023年8月31日 · No, Kalpana Chawla did not travel to the moon. She was an Indian-American astronaut who tragically lost her life in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003. Kalpana Chawla made...

Died on February 1, 2003 over the southern United States when Space Shuttle Columbia and her crew perished during entry, 16 minutes prior to scheduled landing. She is survived by her husband. Kalpana Chawla enjoyed flying, hiking, back-packing, and reading.

This chapter deals with the life of the Indian astronaut Kalpana Chawla, who died during the disintegration of the space shuttle Columbia when it entered the atmosphere.

2020年6月3日 · Did Kalpana Chawla land on Moon? Kalpana Chawla was a pioneering Indian-American astronaut, who served as a mission-specialist on the ill-fated Columbia space shuttle. She died when the craft disintegrated on reentry to the earth’s atmosphere. Kalpana was never part of the Apollo missions (which are the only ones to have landed on the moon ...

No, Kalpana Chawla, an Indian-American astronaut working for NASA, died on February 1, 2003 high above the state of Texas, due to the disintegration of the space shuttle Columbia during the...

Kalpana Chawla was an American astronaut of Indian origin, she was the first lady of Indian origin to go to space. There is no evidence of her landing on the Moon. Posted by

2003年2月1日 · Chawla was the first India native to fly on a space shuttle but the second in space, after Rakesh Sharma, who flew on an Indo-Soviet mission in 1984. She was a hero in her native country, which...

One of the experiments and observational equipment the shuttle transported was a Sparta Microsatellite, which Kalpana Chawla launched from it. When the shuttle malfunctioned owing to software faults, the other 2 aeronautics had to do a mission to the moon to …