Astronomy

Sunita Williams is the second woman of Indian origin after the late Kalpana Chawla to go into space after being selected by NASA.

"Do something because you really want to do it. If you're doing it just for the goal, and don't enjoy the path, then I think you're cheating yourself" - Kalpana Chawla.

Kalpana Chawla was an Indian-American astronaut and space shuttle mission specialist. She was one of the seven crew members tragically killed in the Columbia Space Shuttle disaster.

Born in Karnal, India, in the year 1961, she was the youngest of the four children. From her earliest childhood, Kalpana and her brother shared an interest in flying. Kalpana's father would take the two siblings to the flying club where the sight of the airplanes from the first mail flights of J.R.D Tata quite intrigued Kalpana and captivated her imagination.