Born in Karnal, Haryana, Kalpana was the first Indian woman who went to space. In her memory, the first Indian water ...

Kalpana Chawla became the first Indian woman to go to space, the government paid tribute to her birth anniversary.

As per her wishes, Chawla’s remains were cremated and scattered at a national park in Utah. She was married to Jean-Pierre ...

There are 10 major NASA facilities, including the Kennedy Space Center in Florida and the Johnson Space Center in Houston. October 4, 1957 - The Soviets launch Sputnik 1, the world’s first artificial ...

She chose her own name!Her family called her ‘Monto’, but when she started school, the principal asked her to choose a formal ...

Beyond their spacefaring careers, Sunita Williams and Kalpana Chawla had another common passion: samosas. The beloved Indian ...

A four-member crew, including stranded NASA astronauts Sunita "Suni" Williams and Barry "Butch" Wilmore, left the ISS early ...

The Falcon 9 rocket is carrying four astronauts who will replace Wilmore and Williams, both of whom are veteran NASA astronauts and retired U.S. Navy test pilots and were the first to fly Boeing's ...

The Boeing Starliner spacecraft successfully completed its uncrewed flight back to Earth, NASA announced overnight. The ...

NASA’s Suni Williams and Butch Wilmore — who gained international attention as their planned short stay in space stretched into a nine-month, politically fraught mission — are finally heading home.