From Asteroid To A Peak In California, 6 Things Named In Honour Of Kalpana Chawla
In 2003, during the Atal Bihari Bajpayee government, a series of satellites were named after astronaut Kalpana Chawla.
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Kalpana Chawla was also honoured by novelist Peter David when in his book Star Trek, the writer name a shuttlecraft after the astronaut.
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The Space Technology Cell in Kharagpur’s Indian Institute Of Technology (IIT) was also named after Kalpana Chawla.
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The seven peaks of Columbia Hills are named after each of the astronauts who lost their lives in the Columbia shuttle disaster, and Kalpana Chawla was also one of them. One of the hills is knowns as the “Chawla Hill”
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The government of Karnataka started an award in honour of Kalpana Chawla to appreciate the young female scientists for their achievements.
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An asteroid was also named after Kalpana Chawla.
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