A NASA resupply spacecraft named in honour of late astronaut Kalpana Chawla reached the International Space station (ISS) on Monday, carrying nearly 8,000 pounds of scientific investigations.
United States of America's Northrop Grumman's Cygnus Spacecraft, named after Astronaut Kalpana Chawla was launched from National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Wallops Flight Facility.
US' Northrop Grumman's Cygnus spacecraft, named after astronaut Kalpana Chawla, has been launched from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility. It is carrying cargo and supplies to International Space Station.
The Cygnus spacecraft, named after Indian astronaut Kalpana Chawla, scheduled to be launched from the NASA Wallops Flight Facility, was scrubbed about 2 minutes and 40 seconds before liftoff due to an unknown problem with a component of ground support equipment.
In 1988, Kalpana Chawla started work at NASA Ames Research Center in the area of powered-lift computational fluid dynamics. Her research concentrated on simulation of complex air flows encountered around aircraft such as the Harrier in "ground-effect."
It was on January 16, 2003, when the Indian American astronaut Kalpana Chawla took her second and last flight to the space in Space Shuttle Columbia flight STS-107 before it disintegrated over Texas during its re-entry into the earth's atmosphere.
Indian American astronaut Kalpana Chawla's father Banarasi Lal Chawla said he would be happy to see a film on her daughter's life.
"Such was the love people had for her, from Karnal to California, and only after her death I got to know the numerous lives she had touched and inspired. Kalpana was not just my daughter, she was India's daughter and America's daughter," he said.
Chawla, 40, was the first woman of Indian-origin in space. She was one of the seven crew members who died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003 when the spacecraft disintegrated during its re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere.
According to reports, Priyanka Chopra has Kalpana Chawla and a Sanjay Leela Bhansali film in her kitty right now.
Kalpana Chawla was the first woman astronaut of Indian origin and second Indian person in space after Rakesh Sharma.
On the 15th death anniversary of Kalpana Chawla, take a look back into her life.
Praising the efforts by tribal women in Chhattisgarh, he said that the tribal women in Dantewada are driving e-rickshaws amidst the persistent violence by Maoists.
Urging Prime Minister Narendra Modi to declare July 1 as Daughters’ Day in memory of Indo-American astronaut Kalpana Chawla, the Public Relations Council of India (PRCI) has launched a campaign #shakti4beti.
Priyanka Chopra has been roped in to portray astronaut Kalpana Chawla in her next project.
Washington:Prime Minister Narendra Modi today laid a wreath at the Tomb of Unknown Soldiers and paid homage to Indian-American astronaut late Kalpana Chawla at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington. “Honouring sacrifice, saluting valour. Fo
Washington: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today laid a wreath at the Tomb of Unknown Soldiers and paid homage to Indian-American astronaut late Kalpana Chawla at Arlington National Cemetery here. "Honouring sacrifice, saluting valour. Formal engagemen
New Delhi: The Indian Railways today signed an MoU with PEC University of Technology to set up 'Kalpana Chawla Chair' on geospatial technology at the Chandigarh-based institution for her contribution to aerospace engineering. The Indian
Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian-American astronaut and first Indian woman in space was one of the seven crew members killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster on February 1, 2003.She was a girl who had
Mumbai: Actress Priyanka Chopra chooses to stay mum on speculations that she has been approached for a proposed biopic on Kalpana Chawla, an Indian-American astronaut."There are bunch of films that have been offered to me,
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