Kalpana Chawla (July 1, 1961 - February 1, 2003)
Kalpana Chawla was an Indian-born American astronaut and space shuttle mission specialist. She was one
of seven crew members who died aboard Space Shuttle Columbia during mission STS-107 when the shuttle
disintegrated upon re entry into the Earth's Atmosphere on February 1, 2003.
On February 5, 2003, India's Prime Minister announced that the meteorological series of satellites, 'METSAT',
will be named as 'KALPANA'. The first satellite of the series, 'METSAT-1', launched by India on September
12, 2002 will be now Known as 'KALPANA-1', 'KALPANA-2' is expected to be launched by 2007. Asteroid
51826 Kalpanachawla is named for her. She died a hero and a role model for many young women, especially
in Indian and particularly those in her hometown of Karnal, where her life serves to encourage young people
to follow her footsteps.
Sunita L. Williams
Sunita L. Williams was born on September 10, 1965 in Euclid, Ohio. She was awarded the Navy
Commendation Medal (2), Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal and
various other service awards. Williams was commissioned as an Ensign in the United States Navy from the
United States Naval Academy over 2770 flight hours in more than 30 different aircraft.
Selected by NASA in June 1998, she reported for training in August 1998. Williams has worked in Moscow
with the Russian Space Agency on the Russian contribution to the International Space Station (ISS) and with
the first Expedition Crew to the ISS. After the return of Expedition-1, Williams worked within the Robotics
branch on the ISS Robotic Arm and the follow on Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator. AS a NEEMO2
crew member she lives underwater for 9 days in the Aquarius habitat. Sunita Williams currently lives and
works aboard the International Space Station. She launched with the crew of STS-116 on December 9, 200,
docking with the station on December 11, 2006. Williams joined expedition-14 progress and served as a flight
engineer during her 195 days tour of duty aboard the ISS.
Kalpana Chawla was an Indian-born American astronaut and space shuttle mission specialist. She was one
of seven crew members who died aboard Space Shuttle Columbia during mission STS-107 when the shuttle
disintegrated upon re entry into the Earth's Atmosphere on February 1, 2003.
On February 5, 2003, India's Prime Minister announced that the meteorological series of satellites, 'METSAT',
will be named as 'KALPANA'. The first satellite of the series, 'METSAT-1', launched by India on September
12, 2002 will be now Known as 'KALPANA-1', 'KALPANA-2' is expected to be launched by 2007. Asteroid
51826 Kalpanachawla is named for her. She died a hero and a role model for many young women, especially
in Indian and particularly those in her hometown of Karnal, where her life serves to encourage young people
to follow her footsteps.
Sunita L. Williams
Sunita L. Williams was born on September 10, 1965 in Euclid, Ohio. She was awarded the Navy
Commendation Medal (2), Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, Humanitarian Service Medal and
various other service awards. Williams was commissioned as an Ensign in the United States Navy from the
United States Naval Academy over 2770 flight hours in more than 30 different aircraft.
Selected by NASA in June 1998, she reported for training in August 1998. Williams has worked in Moscow
with the Russian Space Agency on the Russian contribution to the International Space Station (ISS) and with
the first Expedition Crew to the ISS. After the return of Expedition-1, Williams worked within the Robotics
branch on the ISS Robotic Arm and the follow on Special Purpose Dexterous Manipulator. AS a NEEMO2
crew member she lives underwater for 9 days in the Aquarius habitat. Sunita Williams currently lives and
works aboard the International Space Station. She launched with the crew of STS-116 on December 9, 200,
docking with the station on December 11, 2006. Williams joined expedition-14 progress and served as a flight
engineer during her 195 days tour of duty aboard the ISS.
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