About Kalpana Chawla

About Kalpana Chawla

Q1. Who was Kalpana Chawla?
Ans. Kalpana Chawla (July 1, 1961 – February 1, 2003) was an Indian-American astronaut.

Q2. In which year Kalpana move to United States after completing her Bachelor degree?
Ans.  She moved to the United States in 1982 and obtained a M.S. degree in aerospace engineering.

Q3. In which university Kalpana went for MS and Ph.D. degree?
Ans. University of Colorado at Boulder

Q4. When Chawla joined the NASA 'Astronaut Corps'?
Ans. in March 1995

Q5. When she was elected for her first flight?
Ans. She was selected for her first flight in 1996.

Q6. She spoke few words while traveling in weightlessness of space was? And how many Km she traveled?
Ans. "You are just your intelligence" She had traveled 10.4 million km, as many as 252 times around the Earth.

Q7. Where she was born?
Ans. July 1, 1961 Karnal, Haryana, India

Q8. Her first mission began on?
Ans. November 19, 1997 as part of the six-astronaut crew that flew the Space Shuttle Columbia flight STS-87

Q9. What was the reason behind her death?
Ans. Chawla died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster which occurred on February 1, 2003, when the Space Shuttle disintegrated over Texas during re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere, with the loss of all seven crew members, shortly before it was scheduled to conclude its 28th mission, STS-107