Science and Exploration

On Board The S.S. Kalpana Chawla

By Keith Cowing
Press Release
October 9, 2020
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On Board The S.S. Kalpana Chawla
Astronaut Chris Cassidy is pictured inside the S.S. Kalpana Chawla
NASA

Astronaut Chris Cassidy is pictured inside the S.S. Kalpana Chawla
NASA astronaut and Expedition 63 Commander Chris Cassidy is pictured inside the Northrop Grumman Cygnus space freighter named the S.S. Kalpana Chawla after the first female astronaut of Indian descent who also perished on the ill-fated STS-107 mission aboard Space Shuttle Columbia.

iss063e103888 (Oct. 5, 2020) – Larger image

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