seven people were there when kalpana chawla went to space & when the columbia disaster was there
how many times did kalpana chawla travelled into space
the name of the space shuttle was columbia.
kalpana chabla space name
No, Kalpana Chawla did not travel to the moon. She was an Indian-American astronaut who tragically lost her life in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003. Kalpana Chawla made history as the first woman of Indian descent to go to space.
Sunita Williams
kalpana chawla neil amstrong
date november 19 1997
kalpana chawla and sunita Williams are some of the Indian women who went in the space.
Kalpana Chawla flew on the space shuttle Columbia. She was part of the STS-87 mission in 1997 and the STS-107 mission in 2003, which unfortunately ended in tragedy when the Columbia disintegrated during re-entry.
Only 2 Indians have been in space: Kalpana Chawla (Indian-American): 2003 on Columbia Rakesh Sharma (Indian): 1982 on Soyuz T-11
Kalpana Chawla went to space as a mission specialist on the Space Shuttle Columbia to conduct scientific research. She was the first woman of Indian descent to go to space and she conducted experiments in microgravity during her mission.
Kalpana Chawla was the second Indian woman to travel to space with Americans, as a mission specialist aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia in 1997. She later tragically lost her life in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003.