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Kalpana Chawla

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Personal details and public facts.

Profession
Astronaut
Died
Feb 1, 2003
Zodiac
Pisces
Born in
India
About
NASA's first Indian astronaut and the first Indian-born woman in space. She died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster. She was a mission specialist and primary robotic arm operator.
Family
She grew up in Karnal, Haryana. In 1983, she married Jean-Pierre Harrison.

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