Beyond their spacefaring careers, Sunita Williams and Kalpana Chawla had another common passion: samosas. The beloved Indian ...
Sunita Williams, who openly acknowledged her passion for Indian food after coming back home from her first space trip in 2006 ...
The decision was heavily influenced by the lessons learned from the Challenger and Columbia space shuttle disasters, both of which were caused by overlooked technical issues that resulted in the ...
Then working for Paragon Space Development Corp., Jared helped develop the suit ... Jared received a powerful endorsement for the Kalpana Chawla Award. Wrote colleague Ron Garan: “I was not only an ...
Chawla’s journey began in 1997, becoming the first Indian-born woman in space, and later serving on STS-107 in 2003, dedicated to microgravity experiments aboard Columbia. The STS-107 mission ...