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Kalpana Chawla

Born(1962-03-17)March 17, 1962

Karnal, Haryana, India

DiedFebruary 1, 2003(2003-02-01) (aged 40)

Aboard Space Shuttle Columbia over Texas, U.S.

Alma materPunjab Engineering College (BE)
University of Texas at Arlington (MS)
University of Colorado at Boulder (MS, PhD)
Awards
Space career

Time in space

31 days, 14 hours, 54 minutes
Selection1994 NASA Group
MissionsSTS-87, STS-107

Mission insignia

Kalpana Chawla (March 17, 1962 – February 1, 2003) was an American astronaut, engineer, and the first woman of Indian origin to go to space.

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She first flew on Space Shuttle Columbia in 1997 as a mission specialist and primary robotic arm operator. In 2003, Chawla was one of the seven crew members who died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster when the spacecraft disintegrated during its re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere. Chawla was posthumously awarded Hindi Tv Serial Tumhari Disha - Cast & Crew - NETTV4U FUGOP