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On 10th death anniversary, school remembers
alumna Kalpana Chawla
Friday February 01, 2013 07:28:21 PM,
IANS
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Karnal (Haryana): From
being a shy girl from this small town in Haryana to reaching out
to the stars by becoming an astronaut - the life and times of NASA
astronaut Kalpana Chawla were recounted Friday as her school
remembered its most famous alumna on her 10th death anniversary.
Faculty members, students and staff of the Tagore Bal Niketan
School here and local residents paid their tributes to Kalpana
Chawla to mark the occasion.
Born in Karnal, 130 km from Chandigarh, Chawla studied at the
school and became the first woman of Indian-origin to go into
space aboard the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's
(NASA) re-usable spacecraft, Columbia, in 1997.
The space scientist, who did her engineering degree in
aeronautical engineering from Chandigarh's Punjab Engineering
College (PEC), was chosen by NASA for her second space mission in
January 2003.
It was during the return journey, once again in spacecraft
Columbia, that the flight disintegrated while re-entering the
Earth's atmosphere Feb 1, 2003. All seven astronauts on the flight
perished in the disaster.
Addressing children at the school, legislator Sumita Singh said
they could also bring laurels to the country with will power and
working hard like Chawla.
The state government is setting up a Rs.650 crore medical college
and hospital here named after Kalpana Chawla.
A planetarium has also been set up in her name in Kurukshetra
town, 40 km from here.
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