KALPANA CHAWLA - FIRST INDIAN WOMAN IN SPACE

                             Kalpana Chawla

          Kalpana Chawla was 1st|the primary} Indian-American cosmonaut and first Indian lady and therefore the second Indian person to fly in space. She was born on 1962 Saint Patrick's Day in Karnal, India.To become eligible for the admission communicating her official date of birth was modified to 1961 national holiday.Her initial flew was on ballistic capsule Columbia in 1997, as a mission specialist and first robotic arm operator.

       Her nick name was Montu. once she was three years she delivered to a preschool by her auntie and therefore the principal asked her name . Her auntie replied that : "we have 3 names in our mind "she selected Kalpana,when the principal asked her to choose a reputation from that 3 names Kalpana , Jyotsna and Sunaina, . As a child ,Kalpana Chawla accustomed love drawing airplanes.She additionally preferred creating plane models in her craft categories.

       During a arithmetic category ,to give associate degree example for set in pure mathematics ,her teacher same that a group of Indian ladies cosmonauts was a classic example of set as until date no Indian ladies had become associate degree astronaut.To everybody's surprise, suddenly Kalpana replied,"who knows,ma'am,one day this set might not be empty!"At that point ,no one within the room might imagine,that the World Health Organization had spoken these lines would herself endure to fill the set.

       when the completion of  her bachelor degree from geographical area engineering school,she applied for masters in University of American state.After finishing the masters in 1984,to increase her prospects of changing into associate degree cosmonaut at independent agency,she registered for a Doctor of Philosophy in 1988,she completed her Doctor of Philosophy in region engineering from the University of Colorado.In 1988 ,she began acting at independent agency.

After changing into a naturalized U.S national in April 1991,she applied for the independent agency cosmonaut corps.She joined the corps in March 1995 and was chosen for her initial flight in 1996.

       Her initial house mission began on Nov nineteen,1997 as a neighborhood of the six - cosmonaut crew that flew the ballistic capsule Columbia. 

      In 2000, she was chosen for her second flight.On her second space mission Kalpana is carrying a white silk banner ,the 5 feet by 3 feet fabric shows a teacher's extended hand blessing a woman bowing before her in honour of her teacher Nirmala Namboothiripad,her teacher.This mission was repeatedly delayed thanks to technical issues like the Gregorian calendar month 2002 discovery of cracks within the shuttle engine flow liners.On Gregorian calendar month 2003, she finally came back to house aboard ballistic capsule Columbia.The crew performed nearly eighty experiments learning earth and house science,advanced technology development,and cosmonaut health and safety.

       Kalpana Chawla died within the ballistic capsule Columbia disaster that occurred on Feb one , 2003.During the launch of Columbia's twenty eighth mission,a piece of froth insulation stone-broke removed from the ballistic capsule external tank and stuck the sect of the satellite.Some engineers suspected that the harm was additional serious and therefore the independent agency managers finalized that the crew couldn't have mounted the matter .When Columbia re-entered the atmosphere of Earth,the harm causes the getting into of hot region gases to the inner wing structure,which leads the ballistic capsule to become unstable and break apart.

     Kalpana Chawla's remains were known along side the remainder of the crew members and were cremated and scattered at park in Mormon State in accordance along with her needs.

     Kalpana wrote in her last email to the scholars of geographical area engineering school,  : " the trail from dreams to success will exit.May you have got the vision to search out it,the bravery to urge onto it,and the perseverance to follow it."



       Fifteen years when her death,she continues to inspire all,especially young ladies World Health Organization would like to be astronauts.