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Chawla joined the NASA Astronaut Corps in March 1995 and was selected for her first flight in 1996. She had traveled 10.67 million km, as many as 252 times around the Earth.
She started off on her path to the 'Milky Way' on November 19, 1997 as part of the six-astronaut crew that flew the Space Shuttle Columbia. She was the first Indian-born woman and the second Indian person to fly in space. On her first mission, she traveled over 10.4 million miles in 252 orbits of the earth, logging more than 372 hours in space. After that she was assigned to technical positions in the astronaut office to work on the space station, her performance in which was recognized with a special award from her peers.
In 2000 she was selected for her second flight as part of the crew of STS-107. This mission was repeatedly delayed due to scheduling conflicts and technical problems, finally she returned to space aboard Columbia on the ill-fated STS-107 mission. Her responsibilities included the microgravity experiments, for which the crew conducted nearly 80 experiments studying earth and space science, advanced technology development, and astronaut health and safety.
Kalpana Chawla died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster which occurred on February 1, 2003, when the Space Shuttle disintegrated over Texas during re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere, with the loss of all seven crew members, shortly before it was scheduled to conclude its 28th mission.
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What galaxy are we in and approximately where are you located?
We are in the Milky Way Galaxy at the end of one of the arms.
What is the milky way and where is it in the universe?
Earth is in the milky way the milky way is a galaxy, a spiral galaxy i think and its called the milky way because it looks like milk when you see it at night yo other people who will probably answer like a second after me -Alex
Is there aliens living in other milky way galaxy?
there are no other milky way galaxys there is only one so your answer is no
What time of the year is the Milky Way visible?
Every star you see is in the Milky Way, so you can say it is visible throughout the year. A particular line that looks like a trail or a sort of milky way goes through the night sky and can also be seen all year round in different constellations.
How is it that we have photographs of the Milky Way galaxy as if it were a distant entity yet the photos were taken from earth which resides in it?
We can not take a photo of the Milky Way as if we were at some distance from it. However we do know that the Milky Way is a Bard Spiral Galaxy with, we believe, 4 distinct spiral arms. This information enables artists to depict what the Milky Way would look like form a distance but these depictions are not photographs.Some good photographs of how the Milky Way looks from Earth are linked to below.
Is the milky way in line with a path of stars?
The Milky Way is a huge group of stars, somewhere between 200 and 400 billion stars. The stars themselves, or the Milky Way in its entirety, is not in line with anything.
What does Milky Way mean?
The section of the night sky where you view the milky way galaxy edge on. There are so many stars in this part of the night sky that it look like a path of spilled milk - therefore it is called the milky way., The Milky Way is the galaxy in which the solar system is located. It is a barred spiral galaxy that is part of the local group of galaxies. It is one of billions of galaxies in the observable universe.
What is the Milky Way in the sky?
There no milky way in sky there is only milky way galaxy
What does Milky mean?
The section of the night sky where you view the milky way galaxy edge on. There are so many stars in this part of the night sky that it look like a path of spilled milk - therefore it is called the milky way., The Milky Way is the galaxy in which the solar system is located. It is a barred spiral galaxy that is part of the local group of galaxies. It is one of billions of galaxies in the observable universe.
What galaxy is called the Milky Way?
The Milky Way galaxy is.... called the Milky Way Galaxy
What is the ancient roman name for the milky way?
It was known as "Via Lactea," which translated from the Greek (who coined the phrase) means "Milky Way," because the pooled starlight from those billions of suns faintly resembled milk spilled in a moonlit path.
What is the name of galaxy of the earth?
The galaxy that contains Earth and the rest of the Solar system is the Milky Way galaxy.
What galaxy do you live in?
We all live in the same Universe.
Where is the Milky Way in the glaxay?
the milky way is just the name of our galaxy, there isn't really a "milky way"
How far is the earth from Milky Way?
Zero. We are in it
How many glaxies are in the milky way?
the milky way is a galaxy, there are billions of stars in the milky way galaxy
How long to get to the milky way?
Well, we are in the Milky Way.
