Asian-American and Pacific Islander Transportation History: Dr. Kalpana Chawla, Astronaut — Transportation History

Kalpana Chawla, an American astronaut who became the first woman of Indian descent to travel into space, was born in the city of Karnal in northern India in 1962. As a child, she demonstrated a strong enthusiasm for human flight by drawing pictures of airplanes. She also visited flying clubs in that region of India […]

via Asian-American and Pacific Islander Transportation History: Dr. Kalpana Chawla, Astronaut — Transportation History