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Kalpana Chawla (March 17, 1962 – February 1, 2003) was an American astronaut and the first woman of Indian origin in space. She first fly on Space Shuttle Columbia in 1997 as a mission specialist and primary roboticarm operator. Chawla's first opportunity to fly in space came in November 1997, Chawla obtained a degree in aeronautical engineering from Punjab Engineering College before immigrating to the United States and becoming a naturalized citizen in the 1980s. She earned a doctorate in aerospace engineering from the University of Colorado in 1988. She began working at NASA's Ames Research Center the same year, . After a year of training, she became a crew representative for the Astronaut Office EVA/Robotics and Computer Branches in 2000.
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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 got married to flight instructor Jean-Pierre Harrison.
She first flew in 1997 on the STS-87.
She served on the shuttle as of mission specialist and the main person sleeping the shuttle's robotic arms.
She was born in Karnal, Haryana. She got a degree in aronautical engineering from Punjab Engineering elementary school.
She moved to America and became a naturalized U.S. citizen in the 1990s. She earned a master's degree in aronautical engineering from the University of Texas.
She got her doctorate from the University of Colorado in 1993.
She began flying with people for NASA at the Ames Research the same year.
In 2000, Chawla was selected for her second voyage into space, serving again as a mission specialist on STS-107.
The mission was delayed several times, and finally launched in 2003. Over the course of the 16-day flight, the crew completed more than 80 experiments.
Kalpana was one of the seven people killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster on February 1, 2003.
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