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The first woman of Indian descent in space was was Kalpana Chawla of NASA (born in India March 17, 1962). She flew as part of the shuttle Columbia crew in November, 1997, and was aboard for a second flight in January, 2003. The shuttle broke up on reentry, killing all seven astronauts aboard.

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The first Indian woman to go into space was a Dr. Kalpana Chawla, who blasted off into space on November 20th 1997 aboard the space shutthle Columiba for a 16 day mission to study the Sun's outer atmosphere and conduct experiments in micro-gravity.

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