BOULDER, Colo. — Dr. Kalpana Chawla died when the Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrated 16 minutes before it was supposed to land on Feb. 1, 2003, exactly 17 years ago this weekend. Chawla was ...

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 ...

Kalpana Chawla, NASA astronaut and UTA alumna, was the first Indian woman to travel to space. Memorials in Nedderman Hall and ...

The incident occurred at Kalpana Chawla chowk in Soni Wadi area around ... where three of them were declared dead, while the condition of the fourth victim is critical," a civic official said.

Sub-inspector Sulinder Singh, in-charge, police post sector 4, said that the body has been kept at the mortuary of Kalpana Chawla Government Medical College and Hospital. He said that a case was ...