Kalpana Chawla became the first Indian-born woman to go to space in 1997. Six years later, on February 1, 2003, Chawla died when the space shuttle Columbia broke up on re-entry into Earth's ...

Clockwise from the bottom right are astronauts US David Brown, US Michael Anderson, US Kalpana Chawla (Indian born) and Israeli Ilan Ramon. In the year, 2000, Chawla was selected for her second ...

The author along with her sister-in-law Anjali Chawla have presented a graphical representation Kalpana's life, from the day when she was a child till the time when she was in the Columbia Space ...

However, Chawla took a different approach. She decided not to take samosas to space. Her husband, Jean-Pierre Harrison, author of “The Edge of Time: The Authoritative Biography of Kalpana Chawla ...

Tonight, we explore the legacy of Kalpana Chawla, the first American of Indian descent to travel to space, who gave her life in the pursuit of research, science and exploration. Full Episode ...

Profile of Columbia's Kalpana Chawla. By ABC News. February 1, 2003, 3:04 PM. Feb. 1, 2003 -- Kalpana Chawla was a national heroine in India. ... Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information.

Biopic on Kalpana Chawla's life should be made: Father While talking about Kalpana, the 86-year-old also expressed his desire to see Kalpana's story on the big screen. "I feel a biopic should be ...

Kalpana Chawla's father Banarsi Das, mother Sanjogta, and her two sisters and a sister-in-law had recently come from India to witness the Jan. 16 launch of Columbia from Cape Canaveral.