Tonight, we explore the legacy of Kalpana Chawla, the first American of Indian descent to travel to space, who gave her life in the pursuit of research, science and exploration.

This particular spacecraft is named S.S. Kalpana Chawla, in honor of an inspiring figure in space history — astronaut Kalpana Chawla, who died in the 2003 STS-107 space shuttle Columbia accident.

A commercial cargo spacecraft bound for the International Space Station will fly under the name of a fallen NASA astronaut who was the first Indian-born woman to enter space.

Remembering Kalpana Chawla On Her 53rd Birth Anniversary: Netizens Pay Tribute To India's First Female Astronaut Chawla, an Indian-American astronaut, left an indelible mark on space exploration ...

Kalpana Chawla was an Indian-born woman who became the first Indian American astronaut and the first Indian woman in space. Unfortunately she was among the seven crew members who perished on the Space ...

NASA astronaut and Expedition 63 Commander Chris Cassidy is pictured inside the Northrop Grumman Cygnus space freighter named the S.S. Kalpana Chawla after the first female astronaut of Indian ...

News 20 years after Columbia explosion, UTA remembers NASA astronaut, alum Kalpana Chawla Chawla received her masters degree from UTA in 1984, and became the first Indian-born woman to go to space.

In 1997 when Kalpana embarked on her first space mission she not just fulfilled her childhood dream, she set a milestone and broke a record. With this she helped many young girls in the country ...

Prior to the shuttle Columbia's launch, Chawla, who had logged more than 375 hours in space, told reporters that her inspiration to take up flying was J.R.D. Tata, who flew the first mail flights ...

Kalpana Chawla first flew on Space Shuttle Columbia in 1997, as a mission specialist and primary robotic arm operator. (File) As a child, Chawla was very fascinated by aircrafts and flying.