Draconian budget and staff cuts could mean another Challenger disaster, warn current and former NASA employees.

Kalpana Chawla was an Indian-born woman who became the first Indian American astronaut and the first Indian woman in space. Unfortunately she was among the seven crew members who perished on the Space ...

NASA will dedicate a new supercomputer this week to honor the memory of astronaut Kalpana “KC” Chawla, one of the seven crew members aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia, lost Feb. 1, 2003.

Indian astronaut Rakesh Sharma spent 7 days, 21 hours, and 40 minutes in space. Other Indian astronaut Shubhanshu Shukla, who is on his way back to Earth, has spent 18 days in space.

Kalpana Chawla, another prominent NASA astronaut, tragically lost her life in a similar catastrophic event. Chawla was part of the Space Shuttle Columbia mission STS-107, which launched on January ...

The Kalpana Chawla Project for Innovation, Entrepreneurism and Space Studies at the International Space University (ISU) has been established to honor the Indian-American Astronaut Dr. Kalpana Chawla.

The Kalpana Chawla Project for Innovation, Entrepreneurism and Space Studies at the International Space University (ISU) has been established to honor the Indian-American Astronaut Dr. Kalpana Chawla.

NEW DELHI, India -- Indians mourned Saturday's loss of Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian-born woman in space, after the space shuttle Columbia broke apart over Texas minutes before it was to land ...