Category:Kalpana Chawla

**Kalpana Chawla**
	american indian astronaut member of Columbia crew
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Date of birth	17 March 1962; Karnal
Date of death	1 February 2003; Texas
Manner of death	accident;
Place of burial	Zion National Park;
Country of citizenship	India; United States of America (1991–);
Educated at	PEC University of Technology (Bachelor of Engineering, aeronautics); University of Colorado Boulder (master's degree, –1986); Tagore Baal Niketan Sr. Sec. School, Karnal (–1976); University of Texas at Arlington (Master of Science, aerospace engineering, 1982–1984); University of Colorado Boulder (Doctor of Philosophy, aerospace engineering, –1988);
Occupation	aerospace engineer; astronaut; engineer; amateur radio operator;
Employer	NASA (astronaut, 1995–); Ames Research Center (computational fluid dynamics, vertical and/or short take-off and landing aircraft, researcher, 1988–); Overset Methods, Inc. (vice president, 1993–);
Award received	Congressional Space Medal of Honor (2004); Order of Merit (Ukraine), 3rd class; NASA Space Flight Medal; NASA Distinguished Service Medal (2003);
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