Kalpana Chawla
American astronaut
- Fame62.5
- Momentum14.0
- India rank#199
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- Fame62.5
- Momentum14.0
- India rank#199
- Business Professionals rank#134
- Wikipedia41.6K
Lived 1962–2003, aged 41India
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Updated 2026-06-19
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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