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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 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. | | 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 Texas. Shortly-India re named it's 1st weather satellite as Kalpana-1. | + | As it was re-entering Earth 7 astronauts perished over Tex |
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− | [[File:Kalpana2.jpg]]
| + | '''Contributed by: Basayya.S.Shirasimath, Govt.Urdu.High.School, Kembhavi Shorapur, Dist:Yadagir''' |