Remembering Kalpana Chawla, Who Told Indian Girls That No Dream Is Too Big
On her death anniversary, remembering Kalapana Chawla, the first woman of Indian origin to go to space.
On her death anniversary, remembering Kalapana Chawla, the first woman of Indian origin to go to space.
Jessica Watkins will be the first black woman to Join NASA’s Commercial Crew Programme for a long-duration mission.
On Monday, the Guinness Book of World Records officially recognised Christina Koch and her colleague Jessica Meir for their historic spacewalk.
Kalpana Chawla’s proud husband, Jean Pierre Harrison said, “I would say that Kalpana would be very flattered that this rocket is named after her.”
“I believe by breaking age barriers; I helped PoSSUM recognise that younger children could offer just as much to their research”
Floating in the Quest airlock, Koch makes her fourth spacewalk, and Meir, makes her first. It’s the 221st spacewalk since the International Space Station was established in 1998.
In an event at the space agency’s headquarters, NASA’s chief Jim Bridenstine and spacesuit engineers shared the first look at two next-generation spacesuits created for the agency’s Artemis program. It strives to land the first woman and the next man on the moon by 2024.
Anne McClain and her wife, Summer Worden had split last year. Worden is a former Air Force intelligence officer who lives in Kansas.
Yet another woman with roots in India is set to take off for a space flight. Meet Canada-based neurosurgeon Dr Shawna Pandya, who’s soon to script history as the third Indian-origin woman to fly to space after Kalpana Chawla and Sunita Williams.
Jeanette Epps will be the first Black American astronaut to work at the International Space Station in 2018. NASA on Wednesday assigned African-American astronaut Epps on missions to fly to the ISS as a crew member.