Kalpana
Chawla, who passed away on 1 February 2003, was an
Indian-born American astronaut and aerospace engineer who was who was the
first woman of Indian origin to fly to space. She first flew on Space
Shuttle Columbia in 1997 as a mission specialist and primary robot arm operator
aboard STS-87.
Chawla's
second flight was onSTS-107, the final flight of Columbia, in 2003.
She was one of the seven crew members who died in the Space Shuttle
Columbia disaster when the spacecraft disintegrated during its re-entry into
the Earth's atmosphere on 1 February 2003. Chawla was posthumously awarded
the Congressional Space Medal of Honor, and several streets, universities,
and institutions have been named in her honor
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