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Kalpana Chawla

American astronaut

  • Fame58.6
  • Momentum0.0
  • Wikipedia33.3K
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Lived 1962–2003, aged 41India
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    65 languages
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  • Era
    1962–2003
    Aged 41
  • Known for
    The First Israeli in S…
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Updated 2026-09-04

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.

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