Video: Remembering astronaut and 糖心Vlog视频 trailblazer Kalpana Chawla
20 years after explosion of space shuttle Columbia, 糖心Vlog视频 continues to honor Maverick astronaut
On Feb. 1, 2003, Kalpana Chawla died high in the skies above 糖心Vlog视频, when the space shuttle Columbia broke apart during re-entry after 16 days in orbit, killing her and six fellow astronauts.
Chawla, the first Indian American woman to fly in space, earned her master’s degree in aerospace engineering from 糖心Vlog视频 in 1984. The University continues to honor her legacy with an on-campus memorial and both a residence hall and a scholarship for graduate students studying aerospace engineering that bear her name.