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| − | + | Born in karnal on July-1-1963. Her parents were Bansari Lal Chawla and Sanjogta. She used to fancy flying the ''puspaka'' plane. She would sleep in the frontyard of her house during summer | |
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| − | + | === Early Education === | |
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| + | After her school education she chose science and completed her PUC. At school in her drawing class she would fill her pages with planes and stars. Her family was of the view that he should choose Electronics, Electrical or Architecture. She insisted on Aerospace Engineering. | ||
| − | + | === Her Higher Education === | |
| − | + | She got admission at the Punjab Engineering college at Chandigarh. Kalpana earned her master's degree at the University of Texas in 1984 | |
| − | + | She earned her Ph.D from Colorado University in 1988. | |
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| − | + | == Career == | |
| − | + | === Working in NASA === | |
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| − | + | She worked at NASA for 6 years. She was selected as an astronaut candidate and was trained for 3 years. Her first flight was in Columbia from November 19toDec 5,1997 | |
| + | She went into space again on Jan-16,2000 and conducted 80 experiments. She travelled 6.5 million miles in 252 orbits of the Earth. | ||
| + | As it was re-entering Earth 7 astronauts perished over Tex | ||
| − | + | '''Contributed by: Basayya.S.Shirasimath, Govt.Urdu.High.School, Kembhavi Shorapur, Dist:Yadagir''' | |
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Latest revision as of 12:34, 4 February 2013
Lesson
Growing up years
Born in karnal on July-1-1963. Her parents were Bansari Lal Chawla and Sanjogta. She used to fancy flying the puspaka plane. She would sleep in the frontyard of her house during summer
Early Education
After her school education she chose science and completed her PUC. At school in her drawing class she would fill her pages with planes and stars. Her family was of the view that he should choose Electronics, Electrical or Architecture. She insisted on Aerospace Engineering.
Her Higher Education
She got admission at the Punjab Engineering college at Chandigarh. Kalpana earned her master's degree at the University of Texas in 1984 She earned her Ph.D from Colorado University in 1988.
Career
Working in NASA
She worked at NASA for 6 years. She was selected as an astronaut candidate and was trained for 3 years. Her first flight was in Columbia from November 19toDec 5,1997 She went into space again on Jan-16,2000 and conducted 80 experiments. She travelled 6.5 million miles in 252 orbits of the Earth. As it was re-entering Earth 7 astronauts perished over Tex
Contributed by: Basayya.S.Shirasimath, Govt.Urdu.High.School, Kembhavi Shorapur, Dist:Yadagir