Because everyone is waiting for the safe return of Sunni Williams, they also remember Kalpana Chawla on her birthday. A Indian American astronaut was killed in 2003 Colombia’s space transfer And the crew died during the entrance, 16 minutes before the planned landing. The crew was held on a 16 -day science and research mission and successfully conducted about 80 experiments. They were aboard the STS-107 Colombia from January 16 to February 1, 2003.
Here are a few things about her should all know:
Calpan Chavla was born on March 17, 1962 in Karnale, Harian, India, in Banari Lal Chavla and Sanjagt Khabanda. From the University of Texas, 1984 and a PhD in Aerospace Engineering at the University of Colorado, 1988.
She started working at the NASA Ames Research Center in 1988.
In 1994, it was elected NASA, and next year she reported in the Johnson Space Center in March 1995 as a candidate for the astronaut in the Cosmonauts Group. “In November 1996, Calpan Chaul was appointed a mission specialist and the main operator of robotic impact on the STS-87. In January 1998, she was appointed a representative of the crew of the station, and then served as a leading crew systems.
Tributes of the astronaut of Indian origin
“Remembering the” Space Star “of India Calpan Chaul, the first woman-cosmanut of Indian origin who went into space, on her birthday. Her journey continues to inspire women in the world to believe in her dreams. Big salute,” Dr. Jioti Eknote Gaquad.
“On the anniversary of her birth, we remember Calpan Chaul, a pioneer astronaut, born in India, which significantly raised India’s global position in space intelligence. Her heritage serves as a powerful symbol of both female expansion and gender equality, and it remains an eternal source of inspiration for millions.”
