India's space program is growing. Many Indians and people of Indian origin are contributing to NASA. Kalpana Chawla was the ...

We're bringing this story back on the 21st anniversary of the space shuttle Columbia disaster. Twenty years after NASA’s Columbia space shuttle exploded over Texas, the University of Texas at ...

In 1997, Kalpana Chawla realized her lifelong dream of traveling ... In 1994, she was one of the 20 applicants accepted in NASA`s astronaut program out of a pool of nearly 4,000.

Her academic excellence and determination took her to NASA in 1994. By 1997, she had achieved what no other Indian woman had before - she became an astronaut. Kalpana Chawla went on two space ...

Shubhanshu Shukla, India's second astronaut, is all set to lift off for the International Space Station tomorrow on the Axiom ...

Sunita Williams, a NASA astronaut, is getting ready for her ... has left an illustrious legacy in space exploration after Kalpana Chawla. Chawla was the first Indian-born woman astronaut to ...

NASA selected astronauts Michael P. Anderson, David M. Brown, Kalpana Chawla, Laurel B. Clark, Rick D. Husband and William C. “Willie” McCool, as well as Ilan Ramon of the Israeli Space Agency ...

mission specialists Kalpana Chawla, Laurel Clark, Michael Anderson, David Brown and payload specialist Ilan Ramon of Israel. Their mission — the 28th flight for Columbia, which became NASA's ...

The program was held at Rice University and NASA's Johnson Space Flight Center in Houston, Texas. According to Dr. Kalpana Chawla Scholarship advisor Madhu Thangavelu, “This year’s Space ...

Kalpana Chawla's death in the 2003 Columbia disaster led to significant changes in NASA's safety protocols. These changes influenced the delay of astronaut Sunita Williams' return from the ISS due ...

Tonight, we explore the legacy of Kalpana Chawla ... Many said tearful prayers at Chawla`s hometown of Karnal. In 2020, NASA launched a commercial spacecraft named after the modest but determined ...

Sunita Williams and Kalpana Chawla shared a love for samosas, one of the most popular Indian snacks. (Photo by Handout / NASA / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO ...