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Kalpana Chawla was born in Karnal, Haryana. He received US citizenship in 1991. Photo- NASA
Date- 1 February 2003 Place- Texas, America
NASA’s spacecraft Columbia Shuttle STS-107 was fast returning to Earth. India’s first female astronaut Kalpana Chawla was returning from this vehicle after completing her second space mission.
The speed of this vehicle was 20 thousand kilometers per hour. It was to take 16 minutes to reach the earth, but suddenly NASA lost this vehicle contact. The spacecraft caused a loud explosion and turned into a blazing shells of the fire.
The news came that the Columbia shuttle space vehicle has crashed. All 7 Astronauts, including Kalpana Chawla, have died.
What happened that day 22 years ago …
16 days of mission failed 16 minutes before success Today, there is a festive atmosphere across the country due to the safe return of Sunita Williams, but in 2003, the failure of one such mission filled the eyes of the whole country.
Kalpana Chawla first flew for space on 19 November 1997. She was in space for 372 hours in her first space journey. He then got a chance to go to space on 16 January 2003 for the second time.
On 1 February 2003, Kalpana Chawla was supposed to return to safe earth, but her mission failed. In fact, while takingoff of Kalpana Chawla’s spacecraft, pieces of insulating foam from the fuel tank of the vehicle collided with the left wing of the shuttle.
Experts believe that this damaged tiles that protects the vehicle from the scorching heat when they enter the Earth’s atmosphere. Because of this, as soon as Kalpana Chawla’s spacecraft reached the atmosphere of the earth, a big explosion occurred due to the heat of the wind and all astronauts died.
Kalpana Chawla was supposed to return to Earth on 16 February 2003, but there was a blast in her vehicle 16 minutes before the landing. Photo- NASA
Kalpana did PDH in aerospace engineering Kalpana Chawla was born on 1 July 1962 in Karnal, Haryana. She was the youngest of her four siblings. Kalpana was interested in airplane and flight world since childhood. He got his early education from Karnal. He then did B.Tech in Aeronautical Engineering from Punjab Engineering College.
Kalpana, a degree in aerospace engineering from the US, moved to the US in 1982. He earned a master’s degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Texas in 1984. In 1986, he did a second master’s degree on this subject and then PhD. Kalpana Chawla married John Pier of France in 1983. He was a flying instructor by profession.
Kalpana Chawla was interested in more space than other things since childhood. Photo- NASA
Life was lost at the age of just 35 years Kalpana Chawla, the first female astronaut of Indian origin in 1997, got US citizenship in 1991 and joined NASA in the same year. In 1997, NASA was selected in the Special Shuttle Program to move into space.
Kalpana Chawla’s first space mission began on 19 November 1997 through Columbia Space Shuttle (STS-87). With this, she became the first Indian -origin woman to go into space.
At that time Kalpana was 35 years old. On his first space mission, Chawla covered a distance of more than 65 million miles and spent more than 376 hours (15 days and 16 hours) in space. This was Kalpana Chawla’s last successful space trip. On 16 January 2003, Kalpana Chawla became part of her second and last space mission of life.
Kalpana was first selected in the NASA Special Shuttle Program to move into space in 1997.
Was away from makeup and fashion Kalpana Chawla has always been Tom Boy. He loved to have short hair since childhood. He had nothing to do with makeup and fashion. When his elder sister was getting married, he kept a cloth for 3 days. When he was asked why he did not change clothes, he said that all this is not necessary. Time is wasted with them.
Kalpana did not like to flare up at all. He loved having short hair since childhood.
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