Biography Of Kalpana Chawla

Biography of India-born NASA astronaut Kalpana Chawla. Covers her life from birth in India to graduate studies in the US, followed by an aerospace career culminating in her 1994 selction into the NASA astronaut corps. Details her astronaut training and two spoace shuttle flights, STS-87 in 1997, and the ill-fated STS-107 in 2003.Wrireen by her husband, Jean-Pierre Harrison.

Born into a conservative family in a provincial town, in Haryana, Kalpana Chawla dreamt of the stars. Through sheer hard work, indomitable intelligence and immense faith in herself, she became the first indian woman to travel into space, and most remarkably to travel twice. A shinning career was tragically cut short in the recent Columbia mishap. In this well researched biography, journalist Padmanabhan talks to people who knew her, family and friends at Karnal, and colleagues at Nasa, to produce a moving portrait of a woman whose life was unique.

Biography of Kalpana Chawla: Reaching for the Stars by Sunita Rani: Discover the remarkable journey of Kalpana Chawla, an Indian-American astronaut, as Sunita Rani explores her achievements, space missions, and inspirational legacy as a woman in space and a symbol of perseverance and exploration. If you want to attain something then remain focussed’ were the words of none other than Kalpana Chawla. This also sums up her life. She remained focused and reached where others fear to tread. Kalpana Chawla belonged to a middle class family in Haryana. She was born to Banarasi Lal Chawla and Sanjyothi on July 1, 1961 at Karnal, in Punjab, now in Haryana. Kalpana had two sisters and a brother who were elder to her. She was the youngest; therefore, everyone affectionately called her ‘Montu’.

Biography of Kalpana Chawla, 1961-2003, astronaut of Indian origin.

"When you look at the stars and the galaxy, you feel that you are not just from any particular piece of land, but from the solar system." — these were the first words of the first Indian woman astronaut, Kalpana Chawla, when she landed on the earth. The story of Kalpana Chawla is the story of a dream becoming reality. It is the story that starts in the small city of Karnal and ends in space. Hers is a story that gives us the belief that the path from dreams to success does exist, all one needs is the vision, the perseverance, and the courage to follow it. This book is an attempt to relive the story of our forgotten hero - Kalpana Chawla. Through the pages of this book, the reader will become a part of her journey which travels from Karnal to Nasa and finally to space.

Biography of Kalpana Chawla, 1961-2003, Indian born astronaut for NASA.