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Kalpana (Malayalam actress) Kalpana Ranjani (5 October 1965 – 25 January 2016), better known mononymously as Kalpana, was an Indian actress who appeared in South Indian films, predominantly in Malayalam and Tamil. Kalpana has acted in over 300 films in various South Indian languages. [3] She won the National Film Award for Best Supporting ...
Kalpana Chawla. 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.
Feb 1, 2022 · Learn about the life, education, career, and space missions of Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian-born woman to go into space in 1997. She died in 2003 when the space shuttle Columbia was destroyed during re-entry.
Kalpana Chawla — the name that leaves almost all Indians with pride— the first Indian-born woman to fly in space, was born in Karnal, Haryana on March 17, 1962.. Kalpana Chawla first flew on ...
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Mar 17, 2017 · Learn how Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian-origin woman in space, chose her name, pursued her dream of engineering and overcame obstacles in her journey from Karnal to NASA. Discover her fascination with stars, aeroplanes and science from a young age.
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Mar 17, 2017 · * Even in school, Kalpana would often ask questions about space. According to an excerpt from Dilip M Salwi’s book Kalpana Chawla: India’s First Woman Astronaut, 2003, during a school project on making physical geography map of India, Kalpana had covered the classroom ceiling completely with dots marked on blackened newspapers.
Jan 27, 2023 · In Short. The spacecraft had seven souls onboard including India's Kalpana Chawala. People saw fireball and sparks in the skies above Texas. The spacecraft was lost during re-entry. It was all going as per plan and seven astronauts were on their way home after spending 15 days in the vacuum of space, living and working in zero gravity.
