Kalpana Chawla

Kalpana Chawla
Born	(1962-03-17)March 17, 1962 Karnal, Punjab, India (now in Haryana, India)
Died	February 1, 2003(2003-02-01) (aged 40) Aboard Space Shuttle Columbia over Texas, U.S.
Alma mater	Punjab Engineering College University of Texas at Arlington University of Colorado at Boulder
Awards
Space career
Time in space	31 days, 14 hours, 54 minutes[1]
Selection	1994 NASA Group
Missions	STS-87 STS-107
Mission insignia

Kalpana Chawla (March 17, 1962 – February 1, 2003) was an American astronaut of Indian origin. She was the first Indian-American astronaut and the first Indian woman to go into space. She was married to flight instructor Jean-Pierre Harrison.^[2] She first flew in 1997 on the Space Shuttle mission STS-87, and flew again on the STS-107 mission in 2003, during which she was killed while the spacecraft was returning to Earth.

1. ↑ Dismukes, Kim (March 1, 2003). "Kalpana Chawla – STS-107 Crew Memorial". National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Archived from the original on March 24, 2019. Retrieved January 22, 2019.
2. ↑ "Sky-High Ambition and a Love of Flight". Washington Post. 2003-02-06. Retrieved 2019-01-06.