Kalpana Chawla Birth Anniversary: Facts About 1st Indian-Born Woman Astronaut Who Travelled To Space

Team Latestly Mar 17, 2020 09:36 AM IST

Kalpana Chawla Birth Anniversary: The world observes 58th birth anniversary of Indian-born astronaut Kalpana Chawla on March 17 this year. Kalpana Chawla the first woman of Indian-origin to space-travel. The astronaut was born on March 17, 1962. In 2003, Chawla was one of the seven crew members who died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.

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