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Kalpana Chawla — Revision Notes
Telangana Open School (TOSS) · Class 12 · English
Kalpana Chawla revision notes for Telangana Open School (TOSS) Class 12 English: 4 topics in quick points. Includes Early Life and Background, Education.
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Key Topics to Revise
1
Early Life and Background
- Born on 17th March 1962 in Karnal, Haryana.
- Parents: Banarasi Lal Chawla (father) and Sanjyothi Chawla (mother).
- Father ran a tyre business; mother managed the household.
2
Education and Career Path
- Completed schooling at Tagore Baal Niketan, Karnal.
- Studied Aeronautical Engineering at Punjab Engineering College – first woman in the program.
- Secured 3rd rank in her engineering course.
3
Personal Life and NASA Career
- Married Jean Pierre Harrison, a flying instructor and aviation author (1983).
- Obtained Flight Instructor and Commercial Pilot licenses.
- Joined NASA Ames Research Center in 1988.
4
Space Missions and Achievements
- First mission: STS-87 in 1997 – flew on Space Shuttle Columbia.
- Travelled 6.5 million miles – equivalent to 252 orbits around Earth.
- Spent 30 days, 14 hours, 254 minutes in space across missions.
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A biography is a detailed accountKalpana was born in KarnalAfter completing her Master’s and PhDKalpana Chawla is remembered through scholarships
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Key topics in Kalpana Chawla include Early Life and Background, Education and Career Path, Personal Life and NASA Career, Space Missions and Achievements. Study these first, then practise questions on each for the Telangana Open School (TOSS) Class 12 board exam.
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