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| Joy at Kalpana Chawla's Karnal school as Sunita Williams safely returns | | | |  NEW DELHI MARCH 19:-
Students at Karnal's Tagore Baal Niketan rejoiced alongside millions as Indian-origin astronaut Sunita Williams returned to Earth after 286 days in space. The school is also renowned for nurturing Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian-origin woman in space.
The first Indian to achieve this feat was Rakesh Sharma, who journeyed aboard the Russian spacecraft Soyuz T-11 in 1984.
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Born in Karnal in 1962, Kalpana Chawla tragically lost her life on February 1, 2003, when the Columbia spacecraft disintegrated over Texas and Louisiana, killing all seven astronauts on board. Chawla completed her schooling at Tagore Baal Niketan and earned a Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering from Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh, in 1982. She moved to the United States later that year. The school, with a history spanning over six decades, has honored her legacy by dedicating an auditorium in her memory.
Its principal, Dr Rajan Lamba said, "Everyone was happy and relieved at the safe return of Sunita William and fellow astronauts ... Due to ongoing school Board exams, we could not hold celebrations in the school, but everyone was happy including students, teachers."
He reminisced about the Columbia Space Shuttle, recalling vivid memories and a series of letters exchanged between the school's founder and Chawla before her mission. | | | | |
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