Exploring the Life and Achievements of Astronaut Kalpana Chawla
Delve into the inspiring journey of Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian-born woman in space. From her early life in India to joining NASA and embarking on space missions, learn about her determination, accomplishments, and the legacy she left behind.
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Identity of the content builder MN ABSAR Lecturer in English BN School & College Kaptai Rangamati Hill district Presentation made for class Nine Twelve Class English 1st Paper Text item
Lets see some pictures and try to guess Astronauts
Our todays Lesson is - Two women Kalpana Chawla Unit: 01, People or Institutions Making History, Lesson: 3 , Page No: 12
Learning Outcomes At the end of the class, the students will be able to - Tell the meanings of some new words. tell about the early space mission. tell about Kalpana Chawla.
Time: 5 minutes Read the text silently Kalpana Chawla (17 March 1962 - 1 February 2003) Chawla was born in Karnal, India. She completed her earlier schooling at Tagore Baal Niketan Senior Secondary School, Karnal. She is the first Indian-born woman and the second person in space from this sub-continent. After graduating in Aeronautical Engineering from Punjab Engineering College, India, in 1982, Chawla moved to the United States the same year. She obtained her Masters degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Texas in 1984. Later she did her Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering in 1988 from the University of Colorado. Determined to become an astronaut even in the face of the Challenger disaster 1986 that broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, leading to the deaths of its seven crew members, Chawla joined NASA in 1988. She began working as a Vice President where she did Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) research on vertical take-off and landing. In 1991 she got U.S. citizenship and started her career as a NASA astronaut in 1995. She was selected for her first flight in 1996. She spoke the following words while travelling in the weightlessness of space, You are just your intelligence .She had travelled 10.67 million miles, as many as 252 times around the Earth.
A person who is trained Astronaut to travel in spacecraft Disaster Misfortune Feeling light in the space Weightless
Source of trouble Satellite Accident Misadventure Shuttle Budge horn
Do you know the person? The first human being to travel to outer space in 1961 Yuri Gagarin
Lets know about Kalpana Chawla Kalpana Chawla was born in 17 March 1962 in Karnal, India. She came from an ordinary family. Kalpana Chawla is the first Indian-born woman and the second person in space from Indian sub-continent.
Kalpana Chawlas Education Kalpana Chawla completed her early schooling at Tagore Baal Niketan Senior Secodary School, Karnal. Kalpana Chawla graduated in Aeronautical Engineering from Panjab Engineering College, India.
University of Texas University of Colorado Kalpana Chawla did her Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering in 1988 from the University of Colorado Kalpana Chawla obtained her Master s degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Texas in 1984.
Kalpana Chawla joined NASA as vice president in 1988 In 1991 she got U.S. citizenship and started her career as a NASA astronaut in 1995
Kalpana Chawla was selected for her first flight in 1996 She travelled 6.5 million miles. Her first space mission began on 19 November 1997 with six other astronauts on the space Shuttle Columbia and this mission lasted for 15 days, 16 hours, 34 minutes and 4 second.
Spartan Satellite In her first space mission Chawla s responsibility was to deploy the Spartan Satellite but she failed to do it successfully.
Pair work Make a flow chart finding out the historical importance of the mentioned years in the text. First one has been done.
Winston Scott and Tako Doi had a spacewalk to retrieve the Spartan Satellite.
In 200 Kalpana Chawla was selected for her second space mission STS 107.
Kalpana Chawla On 16 January 2003, Kalpana finally started her new mission with six other space crew on the ill-fated space shuttle Columbia
Accident happened because of the damage in one of Columbia s wings caused by a piece of insulating foam the external fuel tank peeling off during the launch.
Kalpana Chawlas death All the crew in Columbia including Chawla died only 16 minutes prior to their schedule landing.
Where did Kalpana Chawla start her career? Group: One Why was Chawla s second space mission delayed? Group: Two What was the reason of such a fatal accident? Group: Three What was the responsibility of Chawla in her first space mission? Group: Four
Evaluation Answering the questions below
Home Work Write a summery on the passage Kalpana Chawla
