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Kalpana Chawla is famous for being the first Indian American astronaut, as well as the first Indian woman that was sent into space. She was killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster in 2003.
Kalpna Chawla
Kalpana Chawla was the first astronaut of Indian-American heritage and died in the Columbia shuttle crash in 2003. Her biography is available in multiple languages including Hindi.
Kalpana Chawla, who died in the Columbia shuttle disaster, and Sunita Williams, an active astronaut with NASA, are of Indian ancestry.
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There are multiple historical and primary source research documents available on the late Indian-American astronaut killed aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia. Two sources include the Indian National Archives in New Delhi and the her Alma Mater of the University of Texas at Arlington.
No, Kalpana Chawla, an Indian-American astronaut working for NASA, died on February 1, 2003 high above the state of Texas, due to the disintegration of the space shuttle Columbia during the time of its re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere. This accident is known today as the Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster. Neither Chawla nor any astronaut has ever gone to Mars.
The Columbia was a veteran space shuttle (US- NASA) that broke up on re-entry some years back killing its entire crew. There were two females on the Columbia, one an Indian and the other a Medical officer- ex-Navy ( on active duty at the time, a Dr.Clark.) the accident, as one might suspect disrupted the Shuttle program for a considerable time.
Emily Carr is a famous British Columbia artist who portrayed Native American life, focusing on the Totem poles.
No Indian Space Shuttle has ever landed on the moon. The only country that has ever physically landed on the moon is the United States.
Kalpana Chawla was an Indian-American who was lost in the Space Shuttle accident. However, there are quite a few other usages of this name on the eponymous wikipedia page.
Only 2 Indians have been in space: Kalpana Chawla (Indian-American): 2003 on Columbia Rakesh Sharma (Indian): 1982 on Soyuz T-11