Kalpana the star

Kalpana the star

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 had worked -6years at NASA selected as astronaut candidate -trained-3years Her first flight in Aboard Columbia from-Nov,19toDec-5,1997 She went into space again on Jan-16,2003

           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 Texas Pall of gloom descended in India Shortly-India re named it's 1 st weather satelite as Kalpana -1