The decision was heavily influenced by the lessons learned from the Challenger and Columbia space shuttle disasters, both of which were caused by overlooked technical issues that resulted in the ...
On Feb. 1, 2003, the space shuttle Columbia broke apart as it re-entered the earth’s atmosphere, killing all seven crew members: commander Rick Husband; pilot William McCool; payload commander Michael ...
Joey Arora is the esteemed recipient of the Kalpana Chawla Outstanding Recent Graduate Award ... There, she met the crew of NASA’s 77th space shuttle mission and was inspired to pursue an advanced ...
Chawla’s journey began in 1997, becoming the first Indian-born woman in space, and later serving on STS-107 in 2003, dedicated to microgravity experiments aboard Columbia. The STS-107 mission ...
Kalpana Chawla, the first woman of Indian origin in space, flew on Space Shuttle Columbia in 1997, but tragically died in the 2003 Columbia disaster. Sunita Williams, an American astronaut of Indian ...