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Kalpana Chawla (17 March 1962 – 1 February 2003) [ 2] was an Indian-born American astronaut and aerospace engineer who was the first woman of Indian origin to fly to space. [ 3][ 4] She first flew on Space Shuttle Columbia in 1997 as a mission specialist and primary robotic arm operator aboard STS-87. [ 5]
As of 2024, Four people of Indian origin have been in space. The first astronaut of the Indian nationality, in space was Rakesh Sharma on Soyuz T-11 in 1984. [ 1][ 2] Three astronauts – Kalpana Chawla, [ 3][ 4] Sunita Williams [ 5] and Raja Chari [ 6][ 7] – flew as NASA astronauts. Sirisha Bandla is the first and only Indian-born woman to ...
STS-114 →. STS-107 was the 113th flight of the Space Shuttle program, and the 28th and final flight of Space Shuttle Columbia. The mission ended on February 1, 2003, with the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster which killed all seven crew members and destroyed the space shuttle. It was the 88th post- Challenger disaster mission.
Logging[ edit] She was responsible for deploying the Spartan satellite. 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. [6]
K. Kalpana (supercomputer) Kalpana Chawla Government Medical College. Kalpana-1. 51826 Kalpanachawla.
She returned to space for her second long duration mission on 15 November 2020, onboard SpaceX Crew-1, the first operational flight of SpaceX 's Crew Dragon spacecraft. Soyuz TMA-19 (Jun. 15, 2010) SpaceX Crew-1 (Nov. 15, 2020) 56. Liu Yang. Oct. 6, 1978. China. First Chinese woman in space.
Jyotirao Phule. Savitribai Phule ( pronunciation ⓘ) was one of the first female teachers in India, [ 5] a social reformer, and a poet. Along with her husband, Jyotiba Phule, in Maharashtra, she played a vital role in improving women's rights in India. She is considered to be the pioneer of India's feminist movement.
Following is a list of famous and notable Punjabi people, an ethnic group belonging to the Punjab region.It contains people mainly from what is today Punjab, Pakistan and Punjab, India, and people with Punjabi ancestry or people who speak Punjabi as their primary language.