Kalpana Chawla, NASA astronaut and UTA alumna, was the first Indian woman to travel to space. Memorials in Nedderman Hall and ...
Chawla’s journey began in 1997, becoming the first Indian-born woman in space, and later serving on STS-107 in 2003, dedicated to microgravity experiments aboard Columbia. The STS-107 mission ...
Dr. Kalpana Chawla died when the Space ... exactly 17 years ago this weekend. Chawla was the first woman of Indian origin to travel to space, and she spent a total of 30 days, 14 hours and 54 ...