describe Kalpana Chawla's first mission in space 30 to 40 words answer
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Her first space mission began on 19 November 1997, as part of the six-astronaut crew that flew the Space Shuttle Columbia flight STS-87. ... On her first mission, Chawla traveled over 10.4 million miles (16737177.6 km) in 252 orbits of the earth, logging more than 372 hours (15 days and 12 hours) in space.
Died: 1 February 2003 (aged 40); Aboard Space Shuttle Columbia over Texas, U.S.A.
Time in space: 31 days, 14 hours, 54 minut
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Kalpana Chawla’s first mission was in the space shuttle Columbia. It was a 15 days 16 hours and 34 minutes. During this time she went around the earth 252 times traveling 1.45 million km. The crew performed experiments such as pollinating plants to observe food growth in space. It also made test for making stronger metals and faster computer chips. It was all done for a price tag of 56 million dollars.