Kalpana Chawla

Kalpana Chawla (July 1 1961 ? February 1 2003), was an astronaut and space shuttle mission specialist. She died aboard STS-107 (Space Shuttle Columbia) when it disintegrated during reentry into the Earth's atmosphere.

Education

Kalpana Chawla completed her higher secondary education from Tagore School, Karnal (Haryana) in 1976.

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Chawla studied aeronautical engineering at Punjab Engineering College in Chandigarh, India in 1982 where she earned her Bachelor of Science degree. Thereafter she moved to the United States to obtain a Master of Science degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Texas at Arlington (1984). Chawla earned a second Master of Science degree in 1986 and Ph.D. in aerospace engineering in 1988 from the University of Colorado. Later that same year she began working for NASA Ames Research Center.

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Aeronautical engineering - Punjab Engineering College - Chandigarh, India - 1982 - United States - Aerospace engineering - University of Texas at Arlington - 1984 - 1986 - 1988 - University of Colorado - NASA - Ames Research Center

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Kalpana Chawla became a naturalized United States citizen, and married Jean-Pierre Harrison, a Certificated Flight Instructor and aviation writer.

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United States citizen - Jean-Pierre Harrison

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Chawla held a Certificated Flight Instructor rating for airplanes and gliders and Commercial Pilot licenses for single and multiengine airplanes, seaplanes and gliders.

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