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An inspiration to countless girls, Dr. Kalpana Chawla was the first woman of Indian descent to go to space, a pilot, and an aerospace engineer. Chawla is pictured here on STS-107 in January 2003, two weeks before she and her crewmates perished during re-entry. #NASARemembers
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Paul Sutton
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Dr. Jessica Wranosky, Ph.D.
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The Handbook of Texas bio about her can be found here— https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/entries/chawla-kalpana. It was written by Mykah Jones as part of the Handbook of Texas Women Project.

TSHA | Chawla, Kalpana

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