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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.
Kalpana Chawla March 17, 1962 India: First Indian American in space and First Indian origin woman in Space. Died on the Columbia. STS-87 (November 19, 1997) STS-107 (January 16, 2003) 2 Sunita Williams September 19, 1965 India United States: Served on ISS Expedition 14/15, Expedition 32/33 and Expedition 71/72. Second female commander of ISS.
The crew insignia or 'patch' design was initiated by crew members Dr. Laurel Clark and Dr. Kalpana Chawla. [10] First-time crew member Clark provided most of the design concepts as Chawla led the design of her maiden voyage STS-87 insignia.
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Kalpana was a supercomputer at NASA Ames Research Center operated by the NASA Advanced Supercomputing (NAS) Division and named in honor of astronaut Kalpana Chawla, who was killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster and had worked as an engineer at Ames Research Center prior to joining the Space Shuttle program. It was built in late 2003 and ...
In 2001, Chawla was selected for her second flight as part of the crew of STS-107.This mission was repeatedly delayed due to scheduling conflicts and technical problems such as the July 2002 discovery of cracks in the shuttle engine flow liners.
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