Sunita Williams, who openly acknowledged her passion for Indian food after coming back home from her first space trip in 2006, carried samosas on board the ISS.

News 20 years after Columbia explosion, UTA remembers NASA astronaut, alum Kalpana Chawla Chawla received her masters degree from UTA in 1984, and became the first Indian-born woman to go to space.

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.

Banarasi Lal Chawla, the father of India’s first female astronaut and aerospace engineer late Kalpana Chawla, passed away after a brief illness at a private hospital here on Tuesday. He was 90.

This particular spacecraft is named S.S. Kalpana Chawla, in honor of an inspiring figure in space history — astronaut Kalpana Chawla, who died in the 2003 STS-107 space shuttle Columbia accident.

Kalpana Chawla, born March 17, 1962, was an Indian American astronaut who died in the 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. She had a distinguished education and career in aerospace engineering ...

Mr Chawla got little emotional talking about an incident that took place when Kalpana was waiting to complete formalities for her admission overseas.

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 ...

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: Kalpana Chawla was India’s daughter who dared to dream beyond stars, said the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, while paying tribute to the Indian-origin NASA astronaut on ...

Grieving relatives and friends laid garlands of marigolds across a picture of Columbia astronaut Kalpana Chawla Sunday in accordance with Hindu tradition, remembering the first Indian-born woman ...