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Damage to tiles may have caused tragedy
New York, February 2
Damage to ill-fated space shuttle Columbia’s tiles, which protect the crew and vehicle from searing heat during re-entry, is emerging as the major area of investigation in the probe to determine what destroyed the shuttle.
Karnal engulfed in grief
Karnal, February 2
Karnal remained engulfed in grief for the second day today, mourning the death of Kalpana Chawla.
An official function was organised here to pay tributes to the first woman space scientist who was born, brought up and educated here. |
A child pays homage to Kalpana Chawla in Karnal on Sunday.
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Kalpana fancied space, yet loved earth’s fresh air
Chandigarh, February 2
She always wanted to be back in space. After travelling 6.5 million miles in 252 orbits of earth and logging 376 hours and 34 minutes in space as a mission specialist and prime robotic arm operator on STS-87, the fourth US Microgravity Payload flight, Kalpana Chawla had on November 17, 1997, become the first Indian-American to fly in the US space shuttle.
In
video: News of Columbia crashing left Indians heart broken with one
of the seven astronauts aboard including Indian-born Kalpana Chawla. (28k,
56k)
In
video: Before departing for their 16-day research mission, the
astronauts had given interviews that revealed their excitement about the
mission. (28k, 56k)
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