Kalpana Chawla was the first woman of Indian descent to fly to space. She was a crewmember on board Space Shuttle Columbia in 1997 and perished tragically during her second space flight on February 1, 2003 when the Columbia broke apart during re-entry. She became a hero to people of Indian descent…
Dallas Asian American Historical Society
Researching, preserving, and amplifying the legacy of Asian Americans in Dallas