Born in Haryana’s Karnal on March 17, 1962, Kalpana Chawla was one of the first women to pursue aeronautical engineering at the Chandigarh-based Punjab Engineering College. Kalpana was called by ...

Chawla, the first Indian-origin woman to go to space, remembered on her birth anniversary A file photo of Kalpana Chawla. She was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor and ...

Kalpana Chawla, born March 17, 1962, was an Indian American astronaut who died in the 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. She had a distinguished education and career in aerospace engineering ...

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 in 1997. Working at the forefront of ...

Kalpana Chawla's name remains immortal in space history. Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams is on her way to Earth after an extended nine-month stay at the International Space Station (ISS).

Kalpana Chawla was India's daughter who dared to dream beyond stars, said the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, while paying tribute to the Indian-origin NASA astronaut on Monday on her ...

Kalpana Chawla: Born on March 17, 1962, in Karnal, India, was a pioneering astronaut and the first Indian-American woman to travel to space. Kalpana Chawla Birthday: Kalpana Chawla, born on March ...

As everyone waits for the safe return of Sunita Williams, they also remember Kalpana Chawla on her birthday. The Indian American astronaut was killed in 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia and the crew ...