Patha zaka 20 kuchokera pomwe anamwalira, koma wopenda zakuthambo waku Indo-America, Kalpana Chawla akupitilizabe kulimbikitsa achinyamata ponseponse, makamaka atsikana. Wobadwira ku Karnal-Punjab, Kalpana adagonjetsa zovuta zonse ndikukwaniritsa maloto ake ofikira nyenyezi. Pa tsiku lokumbukira imfa yake, timagawana zambiri za ulendo wodabwitsa wa Chawla.
Moyo wakuubwana: Kalpana adabadwa pa Marichi 17, 1962, ku Karnal, Haryana. Wobadwira m'banja lapakati, adamaliza maphunziro ake kuchokera ku Tagore Baal Niketan Senior Secondary School, Karnal ndi B.Tech yake mu Aeronautical Engineering kuchokera ku Punjab Engineering College ku Chandigarh, India ku 1982.
Moyo ku US: Kuti akwaniritse chikhumbo chake chofuna kukhala katswiri wa zamlengalenga, Kalpana adafuna kulowa nawo NASA ndipo adasamukira ku United States mu 1982. Anapeza digiri ya Master mu Aerospace Engineering kuchokera ku yunivesite ya Texas ku Arlington mu 1984 ndi yachiwiri ya Master's mu 1986. Kenako adalandira digiri. doctorate mu engineering aerospace kuchokera ku yunivesite ya Colorado ku Boulder.
Mabelu aukwati: Pali nthawi zonse zachikondi. Mu 1983, Kalpana anamanga mfundo ndi Jean-Pierre Harrison, mlangizi woyendetsa ndege komanso wolemba ndege.
Ntchito ku NASA: Mu 1988, maloto a Kalpana olowa nawo NASA adakwaniritsidwa. Anapatsidwa udindo wa Wachiwiri kwa Purezidenti wa Overset Methods, Inc ku NASA Research Center ndipo pambuyo pake adapatsidwa ntchito yofufuza za Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) pa Vertical/Short Takeoff and Landing.
Kunyamuka: Kalpana adapatsidwa chilolezo chokhala ndi chilolezo choyendetsa ndege zapanyanja, ndege zamainjini ambiri komanso zowulukira. Analinso Mlangizi wovomerezeka woyendetsa ndege pamayendedwe oyendetsa ndege ndi ndege.
Unzika waku US ndi kupitiliza ku NASA: Atalandira unzika waku US mu 1991, Kalpana Chawla adafunsiraNASA Astronaut Corps. Adalowa nawo gulu la Corps mu Marichi 1995 ndipo adasankhidwa ulendo wake woyamba mu 1996.
Ntchito yoyamba: Ntchito yoyamba ya mlengalenga ya Kalpana inayamba pa November 19, 1997. Iye anali m'gulu la oyenda mumlengalenga asanu ndi limodzi omwe anawuluka.Space Shuttle ColumbiakuwulukaZithunzi za STS-87. Sikuti Chawla anali mkazi woyamba wobadwira ku India kuuluka m’mlengalenga, komanso Mmwenye wachiŵiri amene anachita zimenezo. Pa ntchito yake yoyamba, Kalpana anayenda makilomita oposa 10.4 miliyoni m’njira 252 za dziko lapansi, akudula mitengo m’mlengalenga kwa maola oposa 372.
Ntchito Yachiwiri: Mu 2000, Kalpana anasankhidwa ulendo wake wachiwiri monga mbali ya ogwira ntchitoZithunzi za STS-107. Komabe, ntchitoyi idachedwetsedwa mobwerezabwereza chifukwa cha mikangano yokonzekera ndi zovuta zaukadaulo, monga kupezeka kwa ming'alu ya ma injini a shuttle mu July 2002. Pa Januware 16, 2003, Chawla adabwereranso mumlengalengaSpace Shuttle Columbiapamatenda STS-107 ntchito. Udindo wake unkaphatikizapomicrogravityzoyesera, zomwe ogwira ntchito adachita pafupifupi zoyeserera za 80 kuphunzira dziko lapansi ndisayansi ya mlengalenga, chitukuko chaukadaulo wapamwamba, ndi thanzi ndi chitetezo cha astronaut.
Imfa: Pa February 1, 2003, Kalpana anamwalira mumlengalenga pamodzi ndi antchito asanu ndi awiri pa ngozi ya Space Shuttle Columbia. Tsokalo lidachitika pomwe Space Shuttle idasweka ku Texas pomwe idalowanso mumlengalenga wapadziko lapansi.
Mphotho ndi ulemu : Pa ntchito yake, Kalpana adalandiraCongressional Space Medal of Honor,NASA Space Flight MendulondiNASA Distinguished Service Mendulo. Pambuyo pa imfa yake, Prime Minister waku India adalengeza kuti meteorological series of satellites, MetSat, idzatchedwanso 'Kalpana' mu 2003. Satellite yoyamba ya mndandanda, 'MetSat-1', yomwe inayambitsidwa ndi India pa September 12, 2002. , adasinthidwaKalpana-1'. Pakadali pano, Mphotho ya Kalpana Chawla idakhazikitsidwa ndi aBoma la Karnatakamu 2004 kuzindikira asayansi achichepere. NASA, kumbali ina, yapereka kompyuta yayikulu kukumbukira Kalpana Chawla.
Zithunzi: The Times Of India
