Her academic excellence and determination took her to NASA in 1994. By 1997, she had achieved what no other Indian woman had before - she became an astronaut. Kalpana Chawla went on two space ...

Joey Arora is the esteemed recipient of the Kalpana Chawla Outstanding Recent Graduate Award ... There, she met the crew of NASA’s 77th space shuttle mission and was inspired to pursue an advanced ...

Chawla’s journey began in 1997 ... which persisted as the spacecraft proceeded to dock in space. The Columbia tragedy prompted NASA to enhance emergency response protocols, redesign spacecraft ...

NASA has decided that astronauts Suni Williams ... influenced by the lessons learned from the Challenger and Columbia space shuttle disasters, both of which were caused by overlooked technical ...

Kalpana Chawla was born on March 17, 1962, in Karnal, Haryana and is regarded as a striking astronaut for playing a leading role on the Space Shuttle Columbia ... the NASA Space Flight Medal ...

She was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor and NASA Space Flight Medal. NASA New Delhi: Kalpana ... to space. Chawla died on February 1, 2003, when Space Shuttle Columbia ...

The tragic death of Indian-American astronaut Kalpana Chawla ... when the space shuttle Columbia disintegrated during ...

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore have safely returned to Earth after an extended 286-day mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS). As the world rejoices, many are ...

Kalpana Chawla, born March 17, 1962, was an Indian American astronaut who died in the 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia disaster ... participating in crucial missions for NASA, including STS-87 and ...

Born in Haryana’s Karnal on March 17, 1962, Kalpana Chawla was ... Indian-born woman in space. On February 1, 2003, seven NASA astronauts perished over Texas as Space Shuttle Columbia STS ...

Chawla died on February 1, 2003, when Space Shuttle Columbia ... Space Medal of Honor and NASA Space Flight Medal. “On her birth anniversary, we remember Kalpana Chawla, the pioneering Indian ...

Born in Haryana's Karnal on March 17, 1962, Chawla became the first Indian woman to go to space. Chawla died on February 1, 2003, when Space Shuttle Columbia and her crew perished during entry, 16 ...