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When Kalpana Chawla was little, she often asked her father to take her on plane rides at the local flying club in Karnal, India. This showed her great passion for flying from a very young age, and it led her to pursue a career in engineering. After earning a degree in aeronautical engineering from a college in India, Kalpana moved to the United States and became a U.S. citizen in the 1980s.

In 1988, Kalpana began working for NASA. Six years later, she was selected to train as an astronaut. After a year of rigorous training, she became the first Indian-born woman in space by being assigned to her first space mission on the space shuttle Columbia.

Kalpana’s first mission began on November 19 and ended on December 5, 1997. During this mission, Kalpana and her fellow astronauts orbited the Earth 252 times, and they travelled 6.5 million miles in only more than two weeks. Kalpana made a huge contribution to space science during this mission. Reflecting on her experience, she said, “When you look at the stars and the galaxy, you feel that you are not just from any particular piece of land, but from the solar system.”

In 2000, Kalpana was chosen for her second space mission, once again on the space shuttle Columbia. However, technical problems delayed the mission until 2003. Between her two missions, she spent a total of 30 days, 14 hours, and 54 minutes in space. Tragically, the Columbia disintegrated upon reentry to Earth on February 1, 2003, and Kalpana and her fellow astronauts did not survive.

After her death, Kalpana was honored in various ways. She had some buildings, a street and an asteroid named in her memory. Noteworthily, she was awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor, gaining the recognition she truly deserved for her contributions to space exploration.

(Adapted from Asian-American Astronauts | ReadWorks)

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