Articles about Kalpana Chawla

The National Girl Child Day is an initiative by the Ministry of Women and Child Development that is celebrated every year on January 24.

A new space toilet has been delivered at the International Space Station (ISS).

Seven astronauts were killed today 16 years ago, after their space shuttle disintegrated on entering the Earth's atmosphere, 16 minutes away from landing. Kalpana Chawla, the first woman of Indian-origin to space-travel, was one of them.

Maintenance engineer Surabhi Gupta, one of the five killed in Mumbai plane crash yesterday, had told her father over the phone that she was going to fly in a "sick aircraft".

US President Donald Trump has hailed Indian-origin Kalpana Chawla as an American hero for devoting her life to Space Shuttle program and its various missions transporting cargo and crew to and from International Space Station.

Kalpana Chawla, the first woman of Indian-origin to space-travel, was born today in Karnal, Haryana.

Seven astronauts were killed today 15 years ago, after their space shuttle disintegrated on entering the Earth's atmosphere, 16 minutes away from landing. Kalpana Chawla, the first woman of Indian-origin to space-travel, was one of them.

Sonal Baberwal from Amaravati created history by becoming the first winner of Kalpana Chawla scholarship of the International Space University (ISU) in Ireland.

With the workers of the East Delhi Municipal Corporation still on strike, civic-employees of the North Delhi Municipal Corporation also started their strike today.

According to a survey conducted by the UN department of economic and social affairs (DESA), India has the largest diaspora population in the world, with 16 million Indians living abroad.

On 18 June 1983, Sally Ride became the first American woman to travel in space.