Today, due to the safe return of Sunita Williams, there is an atmosphere of celebration across the country, but in 2003, the failure of one such mission brought tears to the eyes of the whole country. Kalpana Chawla first flew into space on November 19, 1997. In her first space journey, she remained in space for 372 hours. He then had a chance to go to space for the second time on January 16, 2003.
Kalpana Chawla was to be safely back to the earth on February 1, 2003, but his mission failed. During the takeoff of Kalpana Chawla's spacecraft, pieces of insulating foam were hit in the left wing of the shuttle from the fuel tank of the spacecraft. Experts believe that this damaged the spacecraft from severe heat while entering the Earth's atmosphere.
Because of this, the spacecraft of Kalpana Chawla reached the atmosphere of the Earth and the heat of the intense friction of the air caused an enormous explosion and all the astronauts died.
Date 1 February 2003 Venue- Texas, America .. NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia Shuttle Sts-107 was returning to Earth quickly. Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian -origin astronaut, was returning from this spacecraft by completing her second space mission.
The speed of the vehicle, about 2 million feet away from the earth, was 20 thousand kilometers per hour. It had to take 16 minutes to reach the earth, but suddenly NASA's contact with the spacecraft was broken. There was a major explosion in the spacecraft and it turned into a blazing sphere of the fire. There were reports that Columbia Shuttle Space Shuttle crashed. All 7 astronauts, including Kalpana Chawla, died.
Kalpana Chawla was born on July 1, 1962 in Karnal, Haryana. She was the youngest of her four siblings. Imagination has been interested in the world of aircraft and flight since childhood. He got his initial education from Karnal. He then made a bite in Aeronautical Engineering from Punjab Engineering College.
Aerospace Engineering from America got a degree
Imagination went to America in 1982. He earned a master's degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Texas in 1984. In 1986 he completed the second master's degree and then did a PhD on the same topic. Kalpana Chawla married Jean Pierre of France in 1983. He was a business flying instructor.
