As a child, Kalpana Chawla used to love drawing airplanes. She received a degree in Bachelors of Aeronautical Engineering from Punjab Engineering College in Chandigarh. She then moved to the ...

All seven crew members on board were lost; one of them was Indian-American Kalpana Chawla, the first woman ... When Kalpana was a kid, she would gaze at the stars with her siblings.

Kalpana Chawla has been looked up to as an inspirational woman and is a role model for many. The first Indian woman in space. Kalpana Chawla lived life to the fullest and made some head-turning ...

Kalpana Chawla did everything to live up to her motto, "follow your dreams." As a kid, Chawla was always enthralled by aviation, and she used to visit loal flying clubs with her father frequently. In ...

Kalpana Chawla, born March 17, 1962, was an Indian American astronaut who died in the 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. She had a distinguished education and career in aerospace engineering ...

Kalpana Chawla, who gave wings to the young girls out there with her inspirational journey, was one of the seven crew members who died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. The tragedy took ...