If anyone has the credit of flying India's skills and talents to space far away from the soil of India, then popular astronaut Kalpana Chawla is also included in it. Kalpana Chawla, who is known for the successful flights of several NASA Space Shuttles. But Kalpana did her Astronaut life as a team of 6 members of Space Shuttle Columbia flight STS 87. During this, Kalpana gave India a different identity, this success of Kalpana became the success of India's daughter apart from the success of NASA's space mission.
Kalpana's flight came to a halt with the crash of the Columbia Space Shuttle on February 1, 2003, but even today it is an example to the world. Kalpana Chawla was born on 17 March 1962 in Karnal, Haryana. Her mother was Sanjayoti Chawla and her father was Banarasi Chawla. In her family, Kalpana was the youngest of four brothers and sisters. Kalpana was fondly called Montu. Kalpana's early studies took place at Tagore Bal Niketan. Since childhood, Kalpana went ahead with the desire to become an engineer. However, the father wanted to make Kalpana a doctor. Kalpana used to think about space travel from the very beginning. Kalpana received her early education from Tagore Public School, Karnal. In 1982, she moved to the United States of America. Where she earned a degree in science in aeronautical engineering. She also obtained a licence for commercial aircraft operations for single and multi-engine aircraft.
Kalpana's Main Mission- Kalpana Chawla joined NASA's Astronaut Corps in March 1995. After this, Kalpana went on to move towards the pinnacle of success. On November 19, 1997, she was selected for the first space mission. She began her mission from flight STS-87 of the space shuttle Columbia. This mission was very important for the life of the Kalpana. With this mission, Kalpana has made India's mark fly all over the world. During her first voyage to space, she spent 372 hours in space and completed 252 orbits of the Earth.
Kalpana Chawla made the final journey of her space trip after her trip to India. During this time she spent a holiday with her husband and children, but after coming from the vacation, the mission of STS 107 in the year 2000 was the final mission for her. On February 1, 2003, in order to return to Earth, the vehicle broke down as soon as it entered the Earth's orbit. Six other astronauts were also killed along with Kalpana in the incident.
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