1997 - First woman of Indian origin on US space flight

* Chawla was an Indian-born American astronaut and aerospace engineer who was the first woman of Indian origin to fly to space. * She first flew on Space Shuttle Columbia in 1997 as a mission specialist and primary robotic arm operator aboard STS-87. * Chawla's second flight was on STS-107, the final flight of Columbia, in 2003. * She was one of the seven crew members who died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster when the spacecraft disintegrated during its re-entry into the Earth's atmosphere on 1 February 2003. * Chawla was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor.

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