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22 ISSUE NO.003 WOMEN IN TECH & ENGINEERING FACTS YOU PROBABLY DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT KALPANA CHAWLA
23 “The path from dreams to success does exist. May you have “The the vision path from to dreams find it, to the success courage does to exist. get on to it, and the May perseverance you have the to vision follow to find it. it, Wishing the courage you to a get great on to journey.” it, and the perseverance to follow it. Wishing you a great journey.” The first Indian-origin woman to go to space—Kalpana Chawla, could have been 55 years old if she was still alive. February 1, 2003 marks the date of her tragic death, when Space Shuttle Columbia, carrying her and six other crew members, crashed just minutes after reentering the Earth’s atmosphere. 13 years has passed after the tragic incident. Here are some facts that you might not have known about this aerospace engineer. 1 2 3 Kalpana Chawla was Born in Karnal, Haryana on March 17, 1962. She was the youngest of four sibling. But officially, her birthdate was officially changed to July 1, 1961 for easy admission procedures. NASA sponsors two students annually from Karnal’s Tagore Bal Niketan school—where Kalpana studied until 10th grade—to attend a space program at the International Space School Foundation in Houston. The school also awards a number of scholarships in her name. She graduated with an engineering degree in aeronautical engineering from Chandigarh’s Punjab <strong>Engineering</strong> College (PEC) in 1984. She was one of the only 4 female engineering students of the college. 4 5 6 7 She learned Karate when she was at PEC. According to her husband, she enjoyed learning anything that caught her interest like scuba diving and Bharatnatyam. Kalpana earned herself a Private Pilot License and flew her private plane in the Rocky Mountains whenever she had the time. She was also a Certified Flight instructor for gliders and airplanes. She married Jean-Pierre Harrison in 1982. Harisson owns a publishing house in California, and has authored a book about Kalapana’s life entitled: “The Edge of Time: The Authoritative Biography of Kalpana Chawla. It was released in 2011. She got rejected in her first application at NASA in 1993. The following year, she reapplied and was selected for the 1995 batch. Things that were named after Kalpana Chawla A planetarium in Kurukshetra, near Karnal. Photo by Kurukshetra A NASA Supercomputer. Photo by NASA India’s first weather satellite, the Kalpana 1. Photo by ISAC An asteroid, the 51826 Kalpanachawla, which circles the Sun between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. Photo by Explore Scientific ISSUE NO.003 WOMEN IN TECH & ENGINEERING
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