Kalpana Chawla

Kalpana Chawla was an Indian-born American astronaut and aerospace engineer who was the first woman of Indian origin to fly to space. She first flew on Space Shuttle Columbia... Wikipedia

• Born:  March 17, 1962, Karnal, East Punjab, India (present-day Haryana state)
• Age at death:  40 years
• Died:  February 1, 2003, Aboard Space Shuttle Columbia over Texas, U.S, in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
• Alma mater:  Tagore Baal Niketan Senior Secondary School, Karnal Punjab Engineering College (BE), University of Texas at Arlington (MS), University of Colorado at Boulder (MS, PhD)
• Time in space:  31 days, 14 hours, 54 minutes
• Selection:  1994 NASA Group
• Missions:  STS-87, STS-107
• Awards:  Congressional Space Medal of Honor, NASA Distinguished Service Medal, NASA Space Flight Medal
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo