Question

Read the information on the life history of Kalpana Chawla. On the basis of given points write two short paragraphs on her life history. Suggest a suitable title.
Kalpana Chawla : The first Indian woman in space.
Born : 1961, Karnal, a small town of Haryana.
Schooling : Tagore Bal Niketan, Karnal (1976). B.E from Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh.
1984 : Master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering – University of Texas
1986 : Ph.D in Aerospace Engineering – University of Colorado
1995 : Picked up for the space programme by NASA.
1997 : Became the first Indian American in space
January 2003 : Went abroad her second space shuttle Columbia to study the outer atmosphere of the sun.
1st February 2003 : Space shuttle lost contact and crashed claiming Kalpana’s life with six fellow astronauts

Answer 1

Kalpana Chawla was the first Indian woman in space. She was born in 1961, in a small town of Haryana named Karnal. She completed her school studies in the Tagore Bal Niketan, located in Karnal in the year 1976 and achieved her B.E. from Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh. In 1984, she got her master's degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Texas and in 1986, she got a Ph.D in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Colorado.

After about a decade, in 1995, NASA picked her up for for a space programme and in 1997, she became the first Indian-American woman to go to space. She went abroad in her second space shuttle Columbia to study the outer atmosphere of the Sun in January, 2003. On 1st February, 2003, the space shuttle lost contact and crashed, taking away the life of Kalpana Chawla, along with six fellow astronauts.

Answer 2

The first Indian woman to touch the space

Kalpana Chawla is a name known in every household in India. She was the first woman of Indian nationality to travel to space. Kalpana was born in a small town of Haryana called Karnal in 1961. She did schooling at Tagore Bal Niketan in her hometown. She enrolled herself in BE from Punjab Engineering College in Chandigarh for further studies and graduated. She pursued her Master's in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Texas and went ahead to pursue a Ph. D in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Colorado.

She was selected for a space program by NASA and became the first Indian American woman in space. In January 2003, she went aboard her second space shuttle to study the outer atmosphere of the sun. On 1st February 2003, her space shuttle lost communication and later it was discovered that it had crashed, claiming the life of Kalpana with six fellow astronauts.

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