# Kalpana Chawla

> Kalpana Chawla was an Indian-American astronaut and aerospace engineer who was the first woman of Indian origin to fly to space. Chawla expressed an interest in aerospace engineering from an early age and took engineering classes at Dayal Singh College and Punjab Engineering College in India. She then traveled to the United States, where she earned her MSc and PhD, becoming a naturalized United States citizen in the early 1990s.

*American astronaut*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/kalpana-chawla

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Other
- **Country:** India
- **Born:** 1962-03-17
- **Died:** 2003-02-01
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 58.6 / 100
- **Momentum:** 0.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 25.0 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 65.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1527404/ (@nm1527404)

## Sources
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- [Kalpana Chawla](https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalpana_Chawla)
- [Kalpana Chawla](https://an.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalpana_Chawla)
- [كالبانا تشاولا](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7)
- [كالبانا تشاولا](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7_%D8%AA%D8%B4%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7)
- [Kalpana Chawla](https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalpana_Chawla)
- [কল্পনা চাওলা](https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE)
- [कल्पना चावला](https://awa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE)
- [Калпана Чаўла](https://be.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%A7%D0%B0%D1%9E%D0%BB%D0%B0)
- [Калпана Чаула](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%BF%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B0_%D0%A7%D0%B0%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B0)
- [কল্পনা চাওলা](https://bn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE)
- [Kalpana Chawla](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalpana_Chawla)
- [Kalpana Chawlaová](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalpana_Chawlaov%C3%A1)
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- [Καλπάνα Τσάβλα](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%9A%CE%B1%CE%BB%CF%80%CE%AC%CE%BD%CE%B1_%CE%A4%CF%83%CE%AC%CE%B2%CE%BB%CE%B1)
- [Kalpana Chawla](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalpana_Chawla)
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- [کالپانا چاولا](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%A9%D8%A7%D9%84%D9%BE%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%A7_%DA%86%D8%A7%D9%88%D9%84%D8%A7)
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- [कल्पना चावला](https://gom.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%95%E0%A4%B2%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%AA%E0%A4%A8%E0%A4%BE_%E0%A4%9A%E0%A4%BE%E0%A4%B5%E0%A4%B2%E0%A4%BE)
- [કલ્પના ચાવલા](https://gu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AA%95%E0%AA%B2%E0%AB%8D%E0%AA%AA%E0%AA%A8%E0%AA%BE_%E0%AA%9A%E0%AA%BE%E0%AA%B5%E0%AA%B2%E0%AA%BE)
- [קלפנה צ'אולה](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A7%D7%9C%D7%A4%D7%A0%D7%94_%D7%A6'%D7%90%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%94)
- [Wikiquote](https://as.wikiquote.org/wiki/%E0%A6%95%E0%A6%B2%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%AA%E0%A6%A8%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%9A%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%93%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Kalpana_Chawla)
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- [Wikiquote](https://pt.wikiquote.org/wiki/Kalpana_Chawla)

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