Kalpana Chawla
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1. First Indian woman to go in space.
2. Blast off from the launch pad at cape Canaveral, Florida and participated in a successful mission
3. Married to flight instructor Jean-Pierre-Harrison.
4. Licenced to fly single & multi-engine land airplanes, single-engine seaplanes and gliders.
5. Even certificated as flight instructor after qualifying a as pilot.
6. Applying for NASA space shuttle program. First hired as a research scientist at NASA.
7. In 1994 she was selected by NASA for training as an astronaut.
8. First mission in space shutter, Columbia, was 15 days, 16 hrs and 34 mins long.
9. The crew included Japanese and a Ukrainian astronaut. The crew performed different experiments in this mission
10. On Saturday night when the news about Columbia disaster broke, there was shock and disbelief. The Karnal town spent a sleepless night.
11. Columbia disaster happened on 1 Feb 2003
12. Born in Karnal, Haryana
13. Born:1997
14. Indian-American woman
15. Graduated from Tagore School
16. Attended engineering collage
17. Bachelor of science degree in aeronautical engineering collage, went to United States of America for master degree
18. Later earned Ph.D. in aerospace engineering.
19. Died: 1 Feb 2003
