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Today i.e. March 17 is the birth anniversary of Kalpana Chawla, the first woman of Indian origin to go into space. On 16 January 2003, Kalpana flew to space from NASA’s space shuttle Columbia Space Shuttle, but she could not return to Earth again. Kalpana Chawla is still kept alive in Karnal (Haryana). A medical college is running in his name. Along with this, a big picture of Kalpana has been made in the editorium. Apart from this, their stories are told to the children, so that the youth who think like them come forward.
Picture of Kalpana Chawla while working in the space station.
was born in karnal
Kalpana Chawla was born on March 17, 1962, to Banarasi Lal Chawla and Sanjayoti Devi, residents of Karnal. She was the youngest of four siblings. Everyone in the house used to affectionately call him Montu. Kalpana’s father wanted to make her a doctor or teacher, but Kalpana was interested in the world of airplanes and flying since childhood. His mother always admired his dream. Kalpana got her early education from Karnal. He had decided to go to space in the 10th class itself. After this he did B.Tech in Aeronautical Engineering from Punjab Engineering College. She was inspired by Jehangir Ratan Dadabhai Tata.
Degree in Aerospace Engineering from America
Kalpana moved to America in 1982. He earned a master’s degree in aerospace engineering from the University of Texas in 1984. In 1986, he did a second master’s degree and then a PhD on the same subject. Kalpana Chawla married John Pierre of France in 1983. He was a flying instructor by profession.
Kalpana stores information related to space in the space station.
step forward like this
Kalpana had the status of a certified flight instructor for aeroplanes, gliders and commercial piloting licenses. Before becoming an astronaut, she was a NASA scientist.
The first woman astronaut of Indian origin was made in 1997
Kalpana Chawla got US citizenship in 1991 and joined NASA in the same year. In 1997, NASA was selected in the Special Shuttle Program to go to space. Kalpana Chawla’s first space mission was launched on 19 November 1997 via Columbia Space Shuttle (STS-87). With this she became the first Indian-origin woman to go into space.
At that time Kalpana’s age was 35 years. On his first space mission, Chawla covered more than 6.5 million miles and spent more than 376 hours (15 days and 16 hours) in space. This proved to be the last successful space journey of Kalpana Chawla. On 16 January 2003, Kalpana Chawla became a part of her second and last space mission of her life.
Dr. Nidhi Dahiya of Kalpana Chawla Medical College.
50 children visit NASA every year
Dr. Nidhi Dahiya of Kalpana Chawla Medical College told that Kalpana Chawla’s personality and personality was to dream and fulfill it. We have taken an inspiration from his goal. Every year children go for training from the Tagore school where she studied. Motivation is given from them that to do something, to reach somewhere, there is no need for much facilities, it is not necessary to be from a big city. You can reach the goal with strong determination, through small spaces.
Dr. Ruchi working in Kalpana Chawla Medical College.
People from other worlds would have taken such success.
Dr. Ruchi of Kalpana Chawla Medical College said that seeing the success of Kalpana Chawla, one thinks that such people must have come from a different world. But it is not so, Kalpana Chawla was from a normal city like Karnal. We got the facility that she got, but she achieved so much that she became the first Indian woman to go to space.
Kalpana Chawla used to say that 3 things are needed to fulfill every dream. Vision, craze and preservation.
Vision: We can see that part. What is the dream, how will we reach it?
Craze – start following him.
Preservation: We can stick to that part. Until we get that destination.
These formulas are very important to us. While living in Kalpana Chawla Medical College, it is our responsibility to make her name proud.