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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.
Drive-in advertisement from 1957 for 20 Million Miles to Earth and co-feature, The 27th Day.. The film was based on a concept by Ray Harryhausen called The Giant Ymir. [1]20 Million Miles to Earth began production in Rome, Italy in September 1956, using only William Hopper of the main cast, and moved to the U.S. from October 30 to November 9 of that year. [2]
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.
Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma, AC (born 13 January 1949) is an Indian astronaut and a former Indian Air Force officer. He flew aboard Soyuz T-11 on 3 April 1984 as part of the Soviet Interkosmos programme.
The following is a list of Indian astronauts, ... Crew during announcement on 27 February 2024. 2019 Batch. Name Photograph Rank Born Age during the mission
Countries (and successor states) whose citizens have flown in space as of January 2024. The criteria for determining who has achieved human spaceflight vary. The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) defines spaceflight as any flight over 100 kilometres (62 mi), while in the United States, professional, military and commercial astronauts who travel above an altitude of 50 miles (80 ...
Deliver Stott for Expedition 20 crew. Use MPLM Space Shuttle inspection from ISS 3 spacewalks 50. 20S Soyuz TMA-16 Launch: September 30, 2009 Time docked: ~167 days Maksim Surayev. Jeffrey N. Williams Guy Laliberté. Deliver Expedition 21 crew. Laliberté returned with the Expedition 20 crew on Soyuz TMA-14 a few days later 51. ULF3 STS-129 ...
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 22 September 2024. This is a list of all of the visitors to the International Space Station (ISS), including long-term crew, short-term visitors, and space tourists, in alphabetical order. ISS crew names are in bold. The suffix (twice, three times,...) refers to the individual's number of spaceflights to ...