Joey Arora is the esteemed recipient of the Kalpana ... Aponte first came to CU in 1996 as part of the Summer Multicultural Access to Research Training (SMART) program for undergraduates. There, she ...
Chawla’s journey began in 1997, becoming the first Indian-born woman in space, and later serving on STS-107 in 2003, dedicated to microgravity experiments aboard Columbia. The STS-107 mission ...
On Dec. 8, 1994, NASA announced the selection of its 15th group of astronauts. The diverse group comprised 19 candidates - 10 ...
The decision was heavily influenced by the lessons learned from the Challenger and Columbia space shuttle disasters, both of which were caused by overlooked technical issues that resulted in the ...
Conceived by Mansa’s additional deputy commissioner Nirmal Ouseppachan, 2019-batch IAS officer, the lab — inaugurated on ...
Kalpana Chawla, another prominent ... and joined NASA in 1994. Her first spaceflight was aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia in ...
He is the third Indian-American astronaut to join NASA after Kalpana ... Chawla was born in Karnal, Haryana, and immigrated to the US. She was tragically killed on her second space mission when ...