Kalpana Chawla

GPTKB entity

Statements (51)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:engineer
gptkb:person
astronomer
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Colorado_Boulder
gptkb:University_of_Texas_at_Arlington
gptkb:Punjab_Engineering_College
gptkbp:awards gptkb:NASA_Distinguished_Service_Medal
gptkb:Congressional_Space_Medal_of_Honor
gptkb:NASA_Space_Flight_Medal
gptkbp:birthDate 1962-03-17
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Karnal,_Haryana,_India
gptkbp:causeOfDeath accident during re-entry of Space Shuttle Columbia
gptkbp:citizenship gptkb:India
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:dateOfNaturalization 1991
gptkbp:deathDate 2003-02-01
gptkbp:deathPlace over Texas, United States
gptkbp:diedIn gptkb:Space_Shuttle_Columbia_disaster
gptkbp:employer gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:featuredIn Indian postage stamp
gptkbp:fieldOfWork aerospace engineering
gptkbp:firstSpaceflight gptkb:STS-87
gptkbp:gender female
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Kalpana Chawla
gptkbp:inspiredBy numerous scholarships and awards in India and USA
gptkbp:languageSpoken gptkb:Hindi
English
gptkbp:lastFlight gptkb:STS-107
gptkbp:memorial gptkb:Asteroid_51826_Kalpanachawla
gptkb:Kalpana-1_satellite
gptkb:Kalpana_Chawla_Government_Medical_College,_Karnal
gptkb:Kalpana_Chawla_Hall,_University_of_Texas_at_Arlington
gptkb:Kalpana_Chawla_Planetarium,_Kurukshetra,_India
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkb:Indian
gptkbp:notableFor first woman of Indian origin in space
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:engineer
astronomer
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Banarasi_Lal_Chawla
gptkb:Sanjay_Chawla
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Hinduism
gptkbp:restingPlace cremated, remains scattered at National Park in Utah
gptkbp:sibling gptkb:Deepak_Chawla
gptkb:Raj_Chawla
gptkb:Sanjay_Chawla
gptkb:Sunita_Chawla
gptkbp:spaceMission gptkb:STS-107
gptkb:STS-87
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Jean-Pierre_Harrison
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:NASA
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4