A 1 minute speech on Kalpana Chawla.
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These were the words spoken by the first women on space from Indian origin and second person after Rakesh Sharma who went to space in 1984. She is the first Indian born woman and Indian American to go to space. In her childhood in India, She was inspired by India’s first pilot J R D Tata and she always dreamed about flying.
Kalpana Chawla was born in Karnal, India on 1st July 1961. She initially Aeronautical engineering from Punjab Engineering College before settling in the US as a permanent resident in the 1980s. Then she did Aerospace engineering from the University of Colorado in 1988, having pre-obtained masters from the University of Texas. She worked at Ames Research Center as the Vice President and worked on power lift and computational fluid dynamics. In 1994, she was selected as an astronaut candidate. After training, she became a crew representative for astronauts Office EVA/ Robotics and Computer Branches, worked with Robotic Situational Awareness Displays and tested software for space shuttles.
Dr. Chawla earned a doctorate in aerospace engineering from the University of Colorado. In the same year, she started working at NASA’s Ames Research Center. Soon, Chawla became a US citizen and married Jean-Pierre Harrison, a freelance flying instructor. She also took a keen interest in flying, hiking, gliding, traveling and reading. She loved flying aerobatics, tail-wheel airplanes. She was a strict vegetarian and was an avid music lover.
she was in charge of deploying the malfunctioning Spartan Satellite. As a mission specialist and primary robotic arm operator. Tragedy struck which ended her brilliant carrier as Chawla was one of the seven crew members killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003.
Kalpana Chawla remains a shining example of how passion, dedication, and hard work can bring success in life and is an inspiration for millions of women across the world aspiring to reach new heights.