Early on he developed expertise in micro-gravity. Jared received a powerful endorsement for the Kalpana Chawla Award. Wrote colleague Ron Garan: “I was not only an astronaut colleague of Kalpana ...

Chawla’s journey began in 1997 ... redesign spacecraft components, and improve astronaut training for catastrophic scenarios. Hidden blueprint? 8 Shiva temples in India mapped centuries before ...

Kalpana Chawla was born on March 17, 1962, in Karnal, Haryana and is regarded as a striking astronaut for playing a leading role on the Space Shuttle Columbia in 1997. Working at the forefront of ...

As the second Indian-American astronaut in America, after the tragic Columbia disaster loss of Kalpana Chawla, Williams has left a lasting legacy in the history of space exploration. Williams ...