KALPANA CHAWLA

 Kalpana Chawla 

            The space scientist Kalpana Chawla was an embodiment of courage. This lady of Indian origin was born at Karnal in Punjab in 1962. She got her schooling in her native town and had a degree in aeronautical engineering from Punjab University. For higher studies she went to the USA and didher doctorate from the Colorado University. Kalpana began her space research at NASA. She had already achieved recognition as a great space scientist. She was selected into core team to travel the outer space in 2003 with a mission of collecting valuable information about the space. But most unfortunately the spacecraft exploded on 1st Feb,2003 just before returning to the earth. The space scientist was lost in the space for ever. Kalpana Chawla will live as long as space researches go on.