IANS- Tributes are pouring in for Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian woman in space, on her death anniversary on Saturday. Born in Karnal, Haryana on July 1, 1961, Chawla first went into space in 1997 and become the second Indian person to fly in space after astronaut Rakesh Sharma. Kalpana Chawla died in 2003 in […]
Arundhuti Banerjee – February 1, 2003 was a memorable day for every Indian who was watching the return of the Space Shuttle Columbia flight STS -107 that disintegrated over Texas during re-entry into the earth’s atmosphere. The disaster killed a seven-member crew including Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian to go to space. Sixteen years […]
