Kalpana Chawla Birthday, Real Name, Age, Weight, Height, Family, Facts, Death Cause, Dress Size, Contact Details, Spouse(Husband), Bio & More
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
REAL NAME
Kalpana Chawla
BIRTHDAY
BORN ON DAY
Saturday
BIRTHPLACE
Karnal, Punjab, India.
DIED AT AGE
40 Years 10 Months 15 Days
DEATHDATE
February 1, 2003
DEATHPLACE
Aboard Space Shuttle Columbia over Texas, United States.
PROFESSION
ZODIAC
PISCES
FEATURES
She had Black Hairs And Black Eyes.
Physical Stats
WAIST
N/A
Hip
N/A
DRESS SIZE
N/A
HEIGHT
5'7''(feet & inches)
1.7018 meters
170.18 cm
WEIGHT
N/A
Kalpana Chawla Family Members
Parents
FATHER
Banarasi Lal Chawla
Kalpana Chawla Marriage, Affairs and Children
SPOUSE
Jean-Pierre Harrison (1983-2003)
Fame & Address
DEBUT
NASA Ames Research Center (1988)
FAMOUS FROM/AS
First woman in space (1997)
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Some Lesser Known Facts About Kalpana Chawla
- Did Kalpana Chawla takes alcohol? No.
- In April 1991 she got to naturalize the United States in 1988 she joined the NASA Ames Research Center.
- She was the first Indian women to go into space in 1997 with the six crew members. The mission was on November 19, 1997.
- The second flight of her postponed many times but at last, on February 1, 2003, she went to space with a part of the crew of STS-107. This flight was also her last flight.
- She was honored after death with the NASA Space Flight Medal, the Congressional Space Medal of Honor and NASA Distinguished Service Medal.
- Monto is the name which was given by her parents later it become her nickname.
- Alon with a great astronaut she is also good in other curriculum activities like cycling, running, poetry, and dancing.
- At NASA Research Center she was at the position of the Vice President of Overset Methods, Inc.
- She was certified with many aircraft licenses like multi-engine aircraft, glider, seaplanes. For glider and airplanes, she was a certified instructor.
- She died with her crew members on February 1, 2003, because while entering the Earth's atmosphere the Space Shuttle disintegrated over Texas.
- To become an astronaut was her childhood dream and to fulfill her dream she did the higher studies in aerospace.
- There are some things which are named after her like A planetarium in Kurukshetra, near Karnal, Kalpana 1 - India's first weather satellite, The 51826 KalpanaChawla - An asteroid which circles the Sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, A hill on Mars, and A Nasa Supercomputer.
- Was Kalpana Chawla in the habit of Smoking? NA.
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