Kalpana Chawla Astronaut
Kalpana Chawla is a 40 years old astronaut from India from Karnal, Haryana. Kalpana Chawla was born on March 17, 1962 (died on February 01, 2003, she was 40 years old) in Karnal, Haryana. Her nickname was Montu.
About
No, she died on 02/01/2003, 21 years ago. She was 40 years old when she died. She died in Texas and buried in Zion National Park .
Awards (4)
Awarded NASA Space Flight Medal , awarded Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class , awarded NASA Distinguished Service Medal in 2002 , awarded Congressional Space Medal of Honor in 2004 ,
Education
She graduated from University Of Colorado Boulder, University Of Texas At Arlington, PEC University Of Technology and Tagore Baal Niketan Sr. Sec. School, Karnal
What was Kalpana's zodiac sign?Kalpana Chawla zodiac sign was pisces.
Other facts about Kalpana Chawla
| Alias | Montu |
|---|---|
| Type | NASA |
| Amateur radio callsign | KD5ESI |
| Given name | Kalpana |
| Family name | Chawla. Show people with the surname Chawla |
| Country of citizenship | India |
| Manner of death | Accident |
| Place of burial | Zion National Park |
| Time in space | 45534 |
| Place of death | Texas |
| Religion | Hinduism |
| Part of | NASA Astronaut Group 15 |
| Date of death | 2003-02-01T00:00:00Z |
| Member of the crew of | STS-107 , start time: 2003-01-16T00:00:00Z |
| Significant event | Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster , subject has role: Mission Specialist , point in time: 2003-02-01T00:00:00Z |
| Employer | Ames Research Center , subject has role: researcher , start time: 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z , field of work: vertical and/or short take-off and landing , field of work: computational fluid dynamics |
| Astronaut mission | STS-107 , series ordinal: 2 |
