On February 1, 2003, the world lost Indian-American astronaut Kalpana Chawla and six other crew members aboard the Space ...

American astronaut Kalpana Chawla and six other astronauts when the Space Shuttle Columbia broke apart during re-entry into ...

Kalpana Chawla, NASA astronaut and UTA alumna, was the first Indian woman to travel to space. Memorials in Nedderman Hall and ...

On this date in 2003, shuttle Columbia's crew wakes to the sounds of Dionne Warwick's "I Say A Little Prayer." ...

Joey Arora is the esteemed recipient of the Kalpana Chawla Outstanding Recent Graduate Award ... There, she met the crew of NASA’s 77th space shuttle mission and was inspired to pursue an advanced ...

On Feb. 1, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia broke apart as it re-entered the earth’s atmosphere, killing all seven crew members: commander Rick Husband; pilot William McCool; payload commander Michael ...

Chawla’s journey began in 1997, becoming the first Indian-born woman in space, and later serving on STS-107 in 2003, dedicated to microgravity experiments aboard Columbia. The STS-107 mission ...

Indian Space Agency ISRO has taken full care under its Gaganyaan mission that the entire crew can be kept safe in case of an ...

The decision was heavily influenced by the lessons learned from the Challenger and Columbia space shuttle disasters ... The upcoming SpaceX Crew-9 mission will be modified to accommodate the ...

Inspired by astronaut Kalpana Chawla ... With big missions on the horizon and our focus on groundbreaking tech, the Kalpana Fellowship is a chance for talented space engineers to be part of ...

Williams was selected as an astronaut by NASA in 1998 and is a veteran of two space missions, Expeditions 14/15 and 32/33. Crew Flight Test mission involving Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft is her ...