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Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian-born woman to fly in space would have turned 55 today if not for that fateful accident on February 1, 2003 when Space Shuttle Columbia perished upon entry to the earth's atmosphere leading to her death and six other astronauts.
Let's take a look at some facts about this wonder woman whose achievements continue to inspire many.
Early lifeAgencies2/5Early life
Kalpana Chawla was born on March 17, 1962, in Karnal, India. She was the first Indian-American astronaut and first Indian woman in space. She first flew on Space Shuttle Columbia in 1997, as a mission specialist and primary robotic arm operator.
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Kalpana chose her own nameAgencies3/5Kalpana chose her own name
Apparently her parents never gave her a formal name but nicknamed her Montu. She picked her formal name at age three when she was brought to a nursery school by her aunt. The principal asked her name to which her aunt replied: "We have three names in our mind - Kalpana, Jyotsna and Sunaina." When the principal asked her to pick a name she chose Kalpana.
She moved to US to become a NASA scientistAgencies4/5She moved to US to become a NASA scientist
After completing her degree from Punjab Engineering College, she applied for Master of Science in University of Texas. After finishing the masters in 1984, to increase her prospects of becoming an astronaut at NASA, she enrolled for a Ph.D. In 1988, she completed her Ph.D. in aerospace engineering from the University of Colorado.
Few things named after Kalpana Chawla5/5Few things named after Kalpana Chawla
* The 74th Street in Jackson Heights, Queens in New York City was renamed to 'Kalpana Chawla Street'.
* In her honour, the Haryana government set up a medical college and hospital in Karnal worth Rs 650 crore.
*There's a hill on Mars with her name.
*A Nasa Supercomputer is named after her.
*An asteroid that circles between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter called the 51826 Kalpanachawla.
*India's first weather satellite, the Kalpana 1.
*A planetarium in Kurukshetra, near Karnal