Personality Profile - Kalpana Chawla

1. Personality Profile
Kalpana Chawla – The first Indian woman in space
[1961-2003]
Born On : July 1st, 1961
Born In : Karnal in Haryana
Died On : February 1st, 2003
Career : Astronaut, Aeronautic Engineer
Award : Posthumously awarded-
Congressional Space Medal of Honor,

2. NASA Space Flight Medal
NASA Distinguished Service
Time in space : 31 days, 14 hours, 54 minutes
Selection : 1994 NASA Group
Missions : STS-87, STS-107
Mission insignia
Awards :
Early Life
 born on the 1st of July, 196.
 Born in a small town in Karnal in Haryana.
 Parents - Banarasi Lal Chawla and Sanjyothi.
Sudies
 Schooling at Tagore Baal Niketan Sr. Sec. School, Karnal.
 Bachelor of Engineering degree in Aeronautical Engineering at Punjab
Engineering College at Chandigarh in 1982.
 M.S. degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Texas at
Arlington in 1984.

3.  Second M.S. degree in 1986 and a PhD in aerospace engineering in 1988
from the University of Colorado at Boulder.
 Began working at the NASA Ames Research Center as vice president of
Overset Methods.
 CFD research on Vertical/Short Takeoff and Landing concepts.
 Certificated Flight Instructor rating for airplanes, gliders and
Commercial Pilot licenses for single and multi-engine airplanes,
seaplanes and gliders.
Career
 Certified flight instructor who rated aircrafts and gilders.
 Commercial pilot license for single and multi-engine airplanes,
hydroplanes and gliders.
 Licensed Technician class Amateur Radio person certified by the
Federal Communication commission.
 Job in NASA as the Vice President of the Overset Methods.
 Involved in computational fluid dynamics research on Vertical/Short
Takeoff and Landing.
 Became a part of the NASA 'Astronaut Corps'.
 Selected for her first mission - to travel around the Earth in a space
shuttle STS-87.
 Second flight mission as a part of Flight STS-107.

4. Kalpana Chawla As Inspiration
 First Indian woman and the second Indian person to fly in space.
 From the small town and she lived simple life with.
 She had no even Non sense attitude.
 She was strict veterinarian.
 Next generation must carry the Kalpana chawla's tourch, the tourch of
knowledge handed over to them.
 Kalpana chawla inspire the young in believe in themselves and achieve
highest goal. Achievements have been an inspiration to many others in
India and abroad.
Death
 Chawla died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster on February 1, 2003.
 The Space Shuttle disintegrated over Texas during re-entry into
the Earth's atmosphere.
 With the loss of all seven crew members.
 Before it was scheduled to conclude its 28th mission, STS-107.
Indian Memorials
 Asteroid 51826 Kalpanachawla, Kalpana Chawla Government Medical
College was laid in her memory by the state government.
 The first satellite of the series, "MetSat-1", launched by India on
September 12, 2002, is now known as "Kalpana-1". "Kalpana-2".

5.  The Kalpana Chawla Award - government of Karnataka - for young
women scientists.
 An award of INR twenty-five thousand, a medal, and a certificate - best
student in the Aeronautical Engineering department and the girls'
hostel is named after Chawla at Punjab Engineering College.
 the Kalpana Chawla Planetarium in Jyotisar, Kurukshetra the
Government of Haryana The Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur,
- The Kalpana Chawla Space Technology Cell.
Memorials
 The Kalpana Chawla ISU Scholarship fund - alumni of the International
Space University (ISU).
 The Kalpana Chawla Memorial Scholarship program - Indian Students
Association (ISA) at the University of Texas.
 The Kalpana Chawla Outstanding Recent Alumni Award - University of
Colorado.
 74th Street in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York City, renamed 74th
Street Kalpana Chawla Way in her honor.
 The University of Texas at Arlington, opened a dormitory named
Kalpana Chawla Hall.
 NASA has dedicated a supercomputer to Chawla.
 The NASA Mars Exploration Rover mission has named seven peaks in a
chain of hills, after each of the seven astronauts - One of them is Chawla
Hill, named after Chawla.

6.  The University of Texas at Arlington dedicated the Kalpana Chawla
Memorial in Nedderman Hall.
 A military housing development at Naval Air Station Patuxent River,
Maryland, has been named Columbia Colony, and includes a street
named Chawla Way.
Timeline
1961: She was born on 1st July in Karnal.
1982: She moved to the United States to complete her education.
1983: Married a flying instructor and aviation author, Jean-Pierre Harrison.
1984: got an M.S. in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Texas in
Arlington.
1988: She received a Ph.D. in the same field and began to work for NASA.
1993: Joined Overset Methods Inc. as Vice President and Research Scientist.
1995: She joined the NASA 'Astronaut Corps.
1996: Kalpana was the mission specialist for prime robotic arm operator on
STS-87.
1997: Her first mission on Flight STS-87 took place.
2000: Assigned on her second mission as part of Flight STS-107.
2003: Chawla got a second chance for the mission on Flight STS-107. On
February 1st, she died when the space shuttle broke down.