3. Table of Context
• Introduction
• Family and Education
• NASA
• Characteristic of Kalpana
• Conclusion
4. Introduction
• Family
• ( Father: Banarasilal Chawla Mother: Sanjyoti Chawla, Two sisters,
Brother.)
• Education :
• School: Tagore BalNiketan School
• Pre-degree: Dayal Singh College, Karnal
• Graduation: Punjab Engineering college, Chandigarh
• Post-graduation : University Of Texas at Arlington
• Ph.D : In Aerospace Engineering . Coledorado.
5. NASA
STS- 87 Mission
• November, 1997.
• Commander pilot.
• Perform Extra-vehicular
activities.
• Prime robotic operator
STS- 107 Mission
•16 days
•Columbia Space Shuttle
•Purpose: Research on
Micro Gravity.
•Flight Engineer
•Died during re-entering
in Earth on 1 Fabuary
2003.
6. Characteristic of Kalpana
• Bright Student
• Willing nature to choose
difficult path.
• Burning desire to success.
• Believe in process rather than
journey
• Hard worker, Convincing
power.
• Nature enthusiast.
• Loyal friend, Shy and
cheerful girl.
• Fascinated by Aircraft.
• Believed in Lasting
relationship.
7. Conclusion
• Rare combination of brilliant mind and
intensely human spirit.
• She had travelled a great distance both literary
and figuratively.
• She will remain a part of the world’s heritage
for her extraordinary will power and during
that she showed in her attempt to reach for
the stars.
