Kalpana Chawla's father Banarsi Das, mother Sanjogta, and her two sisters and a sister-in-law had recently come from India to witness the Jan. 16 launch of Columbia from Cape Canaveral.

Flight engineer Kalpana Chawla: 40-year-old Indian-born engineer and CU graduate. Her husband Jean-Pierre Harrison remarried and has a young son. He runs a publishing company in Los Gatos, Calif.

US News: WASHINGTON: US space shuttle Columbia disintegrated shortly before landing on Saturday, killing the seven crew members on board, including Indian-Amer ...

Kalpana Chawla gave this plaque to her teacher and mentor, Don Wilson. The inscription in Chawla's handwriting at the top reads: "For Don & Pat Wilson - My adopted family - Thanks so much for ...

Banarasi Lal Chawla, the father of India’s first female astronaut and aerospace engineer late Kalpana Chawla, passed away after a brief illness at a private hospital here on Tuesday. He was 90.

Kalpana Chawla was born in a Punjabi family in Karnal, Haryana, India. Kalpana in Sanskrit means "imagination". Her interest in flying was inspired by J. R. D. Tata, a pioneering Indian pilot and ...

Kalpana Chawla has inspired many Indian women to turn towards the field of science and technology and was a key member of various space missions. Kalpana Chawla died in the Space Shuttle Columbia ...

As Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore safely return to Earth, the world remembers Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian-origin ...