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Quote of the day by Kalpana Chawla: 'Take good care of our fragile planet'

Kalpana Chawla lost her life in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003. (File Photo)
art culture
Updated on Mar 17, 2026 08:53 am IST

Kalpana Chawla's mother meets Sunita Williams, encourages youth to aim high

Kharbanda emphasised the role of parents in shaping the aspirations of children.
india news
Published on Jan 21, 2026 12:00 pm IST

Chandigarh: PEC pays tribute to illustrious alumni by unveiling busts

Late comedian and PEC alumnus Jaspal Bhatti’s wife Savita Bhatti receiving a plaque from UT education secretary Prerna Puri at the college in Chandigarh on Friday. (Sant Arora/HT)
chandigarh news
Published on Apr 19, 2025 05:09 am IST

A look at Sunita Williams and Kalpana Chawla's shared love for ‘Samosas’

Sunita Williams and Kalpana Chawla shared a love for samosas, one of the most popular Indian snacks. (Photo by Handout / NASA / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / NASA" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS, HT Photo)
us news
Published on Mar 12, 2025 08:43 pm IST

Mansa govt school gets Punjab’s first space science lab

A new space science laboratory, named after India’s first woman astronaut Kalpana Chawla, has been inaugurated at Government Girls’ Senior Secondary School in Mansa town. This first-of-its-kind facility in Punjab offers students interactive learning experiences, with models of rockets, space launch vehicles, and a telescope. (Sanjeev Kumar/HT)
chandigarh news
Updated on Dec 08, 2024 06:30 am IST

Review: Orbital by Samantha Harvey

A breathtaking view of Planet Earth as seen from the international space station porthole in a scientifically accurate 3D VFX rendering. (Gorodenkoff - stock.adobe.com)
books
Published on Nov 11, 2024 07:20 pm IST

Sunita Williams' risky return brings back Kalpana Chawla’s space mishap memories

Sunita Williams' delay in return reminds of Kalpana Chawla's Columbia Disaster. (Photo by Handout / NASA / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / NASA" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS, HT Photo)
us news
Published on Aug 26, 2024 04:15 pm IST

Kalpana Chawla remembered on her death anniversary

Students and staff members of Tagore Baal Niketan Senior Secondary School in Karnal paid tributes to first female astronaut of the country Kalpana Chawla at a prayer meeting on her 21st death anniversary on Thursday. (HT Photo)
chandigarh news
Updated on Feb 01, 2024 10:49 pm IST

Portal for plot allocation under Mukhya Mantri Shehri Awas Yojna to open from Feb 1: Khattar

Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar during a Republic Day programme at Karnal . (HT Photo)
chandigarh news
Updated on Jan 28, 2024 06:40 am IST

Astronaut Kalpana Chawla’s father passes away at 90

India’s first female astronaut and aerospace engineer late Kalpana Chawla and (right) her father Banarasi Lal Chawla, who passed away at the age of 90. (HT File)
chandigarh news
Published on Oct 03, 2023 07:30 pm IST

Remembering Kalpana Chawla: First Indian-born American woman to go to space

Kalpana Chawla first flew on Space Shuttle Columbia in 1997, as a mission specialist and primary robotic arm operator.
india news
Updated on Mar 17, 2023 10:53 am IST

Nasa lifts off cargo spacecraft SS Kalpana Chawla carrying 8,000-pound supplies

The Cygnus capsule carries pressurized air tanks, titanium toilet and food supplies.
science
Updated on Oct 03, 2020 07:55 am IST

NASA scrubs SS Kalpana Chawla Cygnus launch to ISS

International Space Station.
world news
Updated on Oct 02, 2020 01:07 pm IST

US spacecraft to be named after late Indian-American astronaut Kalpana Chawla

Human space flight day || Astronaut Kalpana Chawla, STS-107 mission specialist, looks over a procedures checklist in the SPACEHAB Research Double Module aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia on 27 January 2003 .
world news
Updated on Sept 09, 2020 02:01 pm IST

Northrop Grumman names spacecraft in honour of Kalpana Chawla

Astronaut Kalpana Chawla, STS-107 mission specialist, is pictured on the flight deck of the Earth-orbiting Space Shuttle Columbia one day after the launch.
world news
Updated on Sept 09, 2020 11:30 am IST

Hilary Swank interview: Oscar-winner on being inspired by Kalpana Chawla to play astronaut in Netflix’s Away

Hilary Swank as astronaut Emma Green in a still from Netflix’s Away.
tv
Updated on Sept 03, 2020 04:18 pm IST

Six patients cured, discharged, 14 still in hospitals in Haryana

HT Image
chandigarh news
Updated on Mar 28, 2020 08:59 pm IST

Kalpana Chawla Birth Anniversary: Here are lesser-known facts about the first woman of Indian origin to fly to space

Born on March 17, 1962, in Karnal, Kalpana became a citizen of the United States in 1991.
lifestyle
Updated on Mar 17, 2020 06:28 pm IST

Finally, Punjab Engineering College boys hostels have 12am curfew, girls jubilant

chandigarh news
Published on Mar 10, 2020 12:25 am IST

U2 pays tribute to Smriti Irani, Gauri Lankesh at concert, Bono says ‘When women of the world unite to rewrite history as their story, that’s a beautiful day’

U2 paid tribute to Smriti Irani and many others at their maiden concert in Mumbai on Sunday.
music
Updated on Aug 06, 2020 09:14 am IST

Kalpana Chawla used to say someday she’d be ‘kidnapped’ in outer space: Father

Kalpana Chawla was the first woman of Indian-origin to fly to space, and in her will she had said that after her demise her ashes be either scattered over the Himalayas or the Zion National Park in Utah.
india news
Updated on Oct 25, 2019 12:38 pm IST

Day for spaced-out kids

St. Xavier’s High School, Borivli (East), recently celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing.
ht school
Updated on Aug 01, 2019 01:21 pm IST

Diya movie review: Sai Pallavi’s stunning performance cannot save this confusing film

Diya movie review: Sai Pallavi and baby Veronica play lead roles in the film.
entertainment
Updated on Aug 03, 2019 11:18 am IST
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