Kalpana Chawla (Hindi: कल्पना चावला; Punjabi: ਕਲਪਨਾ ਚਾਵਲਾ) (March 17, 1962 – February 1, 2003), was an Indian-American astronaut and space shuttle mission specialist. She was one of seven crewmembers killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.
Kalpana Chawla was born in a Punjabi family in Karnal, Haryana, India. Kalpana in Sanskrit means "imagination". Her interest...
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- Jul 1, 1961
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- Feb 1, 2003
