Kalpana Chawla
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SS Kalpana Chawla Cygnus spacecraft arrives at space station
Science | Oct 05, 2020, 05:59 PM ISTA NASA resupply spacecraft named in honour of late astronaut Kalpana Chawla reached the International Space station (ISS) on Monday, carrying nearly 8,000 pounds of scientific investigations.
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NASA launches cargo spacecraft named after Kalpana Chawla
News | Oct 03, 2020, 01:35 PM ISTUnited States of America's Northrop Grumman's Cygnus Spacecraft, named after Astronaut Kalpana Chawla was launched from National Aeronautics and Space Administration's Wallops Flight Facility.
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Cygnus spacecraft, named after Kalpana Chawla, launched from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility
Science | Oct 03, 2020, 07:54 AM ISTUS' Northrop Grumman's Cygnus spacecraft, named after astronaut Kalpana Chawla, has been launched from NASA's Wallops Flight Facility. It is carrying cargo and supplies to International Space Station.
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NASA's launch of Cygnus spacecraft, named after Kalpana Chawla, scrubbed 2 minutes before liftoff
India | Oct 02, 2020, 08:56 AM ISTThe Cygnus spacecraft, named after Indian astronaut Kalpana Chawla, scheduled to be launched from the NASA Wallops Flight Facility, was scrubbed about 2 minutes and 40 seconds before liftoff due to an unknown problem with a component of ground support equipment.
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Northrop Grumman names spacecraft in honour of Kalpana Chawla
Science | Sep 09, 2020, 08:10 AM ISTIn 1988, Kalpana Chawla started work at NASA Ames Research Center in the area of powered-lift computational fluid dynamics. Her research concentrated on simulation of complex air flows encountered around aircraft such as the Harrier in "ground-effect."
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Remembering Kalpana Chawla's second and last flight: Columbia flight STS-107
Science | Jan 16, 2020, 02:27 PM ISTIt was on January 16, 2003, when the Indian American astronaut Kalpana Chawla took her second and last flight to the space in Space Shuttle Columbia flight STS-107 before it disintegrated over Texas during its re-entry into the earth's atmosphere.
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Biopic on Kalpana Chawla's life should be made: Father
Bollywood | Oct 25, 2019, 12:25 PM ISTIndian American astronaut Kalpana Chawla's father Banarasi Lal Chawla said he would be happy to see a film on her daughter's life.
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Kalpana Chawla used to say, someday she'd be 'kidnapped' in space
India | Oct 24, 2019, 02:12 PM IST"Such was the love people had for her, from Karnal to California, and only after her death I got to know the numerous lives she had touched and inspired. Kalpana was not just my daughter, she was India's daughter and America's daughter," he said.
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US President Trump hails Indian-origin astronaut Kalpana Chawla as 'American hero'
May 01, 2018, 10:33 PM ISTChawla, 40, was the first woman of Indian-origin in space. She was one of the seven crew members who died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003 when the spacecraft disintegrated during its re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere.
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Which of these 8 scripts will Priyanka Chopra choose for her Bollywood comeback?
Bollywood | Mar 20, 2018, 10:37 AM ISTAccording to reports, Priyanka Chopra has Kalpana Chawla and a Sanjay Leela Bhansali film in her kitty right now.
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Kalpana Chawla Birth Anniversary: 9 interesting facts about first woman astronaut of Indian origin
People | Mar 17, 2018, 11:57 AM ISTKalpana Chawla was the first woman astronaut of Indian origin and second Indian person in space after Rakesh Sharma.
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Kalpana Chawla’s 15th death anniversary: Remembering the first Indian woman in space
Trending | Feb 01, 2018, 12:51 PM ISTOn the 15th death anniversary of Kalpana Chawla, take a look back into her life.
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Mann Ki Baat: PM Modi praises women's contribution to society
India | Jan 28, 2018, 04:51 PM ISTPraising the efforts by tribal women in Chhattisgarh, he said that the tribal women in Dantewada are driving e-rickshaws amidst the persistent violence by Maoists.
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Plea to PM Modi to declare Kalpana Chawla birthday as Daughters’ Day
National | Jun 25, 2016, 08:14 PM ISTUrging Prime Minister Narendra Modi to declare July 1 as Daughters’ Day in memory of Indo-American astronaut Kalpana Chawla, the Public Relations Council of India (PRCI) has launched a campaign #shakti4beti.
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Priyanka Chopra to play astronaut Kalpana Chawla in next!
Bollywood | Jun 15, 2016, 08:34 PM ISTPriyanka Chopra has been roped in to portray astronaut Kalpana Chawla in her next project.
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PM Narendra Modi in US, pays homage to Indian-American astronaut Kalpana Chawala
India | Jun 07, 2016, 10:04 AM ISTWashington:Prime Minister Narendra Modi today laid a wreath at the Tomb of Unknown Soldiers and paid homage to Indian-American astronaut late Kalpana Chawla at Arlington National Cemetery in Washington. “Honouring sacrifice, saluting valour. Fo
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Family members feel honoured as PM Modi pays homage to Kalpana Chawla
India | Jun 07, 2016, 08:51 AM ISTWashington: Prime Minister Narendra Modi today laid a wreath at the Tomb of Unknown Soldiers and paid homage to Indian-American astronaut late Kalpana Chawla at Arlington National Cemetery here. "Honouring sacrifice, saluting valour. Formal engagemen
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Railways to set up Kalpana Chawla Chair with PEC university
May 30, 2016, 11:46 PM ISTNew Delhi: The Indian Railways today signed an MoU with PEC University of Technology to set up 'Kalpana Chawla Chair' on geospatial technology at the Chandigarh-based institution for her contribution to aerospace engineering. The Indian
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Remembering Kalpana Chawla on her 13th death anniversary
India | Feb 01, 2016, 12:24 PM ISTKalpana Chawla, the first Indian-American astronaut and first Indian woman in space was one of the seven crew members killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster on February 1, 2003.She was a girl who had
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Priyanka Chopra to do Kalpana Chawla biopic?
Bollywood | Dec 30, 2015, 11:27 AM ISTMumbai: Actress Priyanka Chopra chooses to stay mum on speculations that she has been approached for a proposed biopic on Kalpana Chawla, an Indian-American astronaut."There are bunch of films that have been offered to me,