Sele iyiminyaka engama-20 ukususela ekuswelekeni kwakhe, kodwa usomajukujuku wase-Indo-American, uKalpana Chawla usaqhubeka nokuba namandla akhuthazayo kulutsha lonke, ngakumbi amantombazana. Uzalelwe eKarnal-Punjab, uKalpana woyisa zonke iingxaki kwaye wazalisekisa iphupha lakhe lokufikelela ezinkwenkwezini. Ngomhla wakhe wokubhubha, sabelana ngeenkcukacha ezimbalwa malunga nohambo olumangalisayo lukaChawla.
Obomi bakwangoko: UKalpana wazalwa ngoMatshi 17, 1962, eKarnal, eHaryana. Uzalelwe kwintsapho ekumgangatho ophakathi, wagqiba ukufunda eTagore Baal Niketan Senior Secondary School, Karnal kunye neB.Tech yakhe kwi-Aeronautical Engineering evela kwiKholeji yobuNjineli basePunjab eChandigarh, eIndiya ngo-1982.
Ubomi e-US: Ukuzalisekisa umnqweno wakhe wokuba ngusomajukujuku, uKalpana wayejonge ukujoyina iNASA wafudukela eUnited States ngo-1982. Wafumana isidanga seMasters kuBunjineli beAerospace kwiDyunivesithi yaseTexas eArlington ngo-1984 kunye nesesibini seMasters ngo-1986. isidanga sobugqirha bobunjineli be-aerospace kwiYunivesithi yaseColorado eBoulder.
Iintsimbi zomtshato: Kuhlala kukho ixesha lothando. Ngowe-1983, uKalpana wabopha iqhina kunye noJean-Pierre Harrison, umqeqeshi ohamba ngeenqwelomoya kunye nombhali weenqwelomoya.
Sebenza eNASA: Kwi-1988, iphupha likaKalpana lokujoyina i-NASA ekugqibeleni lazaliseka. Wanikwa isikhundla sokuba nguSekela Mongameli we-Overset Methods, Inc kwiZiko loPhando leNASA kwaye kamva wabelwa ukuba enze uphando lweComputational fluid dynamics (CFD) kwiNgcaciso/yoMfutshane yokuThatha kunye neengqikelelo zokuHlala.
Ukuthatha inqwelomoya: UKalpana waqinisekiswa ngelayisenisi yokuqhuba urhwebo kwiinqwelomoya zaselwandle, iinqwelomoya ezineenjini ezininzi kunye nokubhabha. WayekwanguMhlohli wokubhabha ovunyiweyo wokubhabha kunye neenqwelomoya.
Ubumi base-US kunye nokuqhubeka kwi-NASA: Ekufumaneni ubumi baseMelika ngo-1991, uKalpana Chawla wafaka isiceloI-NASA Astronaut Corps. Wajoyina i-Corps ngo-Matshi 1995 kwaye wanyulwa kwinqwelomoya yakhe yokuqala ngo-1996.
Umsebenzi wokuqala: Umsebenzi kaKalpana wokuqala wasemajukujukwini waqala ngoNovemba 19, 1997. Wayeyinxalenye yabasebenzi bakasomajukujuku abathandathu ababebhabha.I-Space Shuttle ColumbiabhabhaSTS-87. UChawla wayengengomfazi wokuqala owazalelwa eIndiya ukubhabha emajukujukwini, kodwa neIndiya lesibini lenjenjalo. Ebudeni bothumo lwakhe lokuqala, uKalpana wahamba iikhilomitha ezingaphezu kwezigidi ezili-10.4 kwiindlela ezingama-252 zomhlaba, egawula iiyure ezingaphezu kwama-372 emajukujukwini.
Umsebenzi wesibini: Ngo-2000, uKalpana wakhethwa kwinqwelomoya yakhe yesibini njengenxalenye yabasebenzi beI-STS-107. Nangona kunjalo, i-mission yalibaziseka ngokuphindaphindiweyo ngenxa yeengxabano zokucwangcisa kunye neengxaki zobuchwepheshe, ezifana nokufunyanwa kukaJulayi ka-2002 kweentanda kwii-injini zokuhamba kwee-injini zokuhamba. NgoJanuwari 16, 2003, ekugqibeleni uChawla wabuyela emajukujukwiniI-Space Shuttle Columbiakwii-ill-fated STS-107 mission. Uxanduva lwakhe lwalubandakanyamicrogravityimifuniselo, apho abasebenzi baqhuba phantse imifuniselo engama-80 yokufunda umhlaba kunyeinzululwazi yendawo, uphuhliso lwetekhnoloji ephezulu, kunye nempilo kasomajukujuku kunye nokhuseleko.
Ukufa: NgoFebruwari 1, 2003, uKalpana wasweleka esithubeni kunye nabasebenzi abasixhenxe kwintlekele ye-Space Shuttle Columbia. Le ntlekele yenzeka xa iSpace Shuttle yaqhekeka phezu kweTexas ngexesha lokuphinda ingene kwiatmosfera yomhlaba.
Amabhaso namawonga : Ngexesha lomsebenzi wakhe, uKalpana wafumana iIMbasa yeSithuba seNgqungquthela yembeko,IMbasa yeNqwelo yeNqwelo yeNasa yeNASAkwayeIMbasa yeNkonzo eBalulekileyo yeNASA. Emva kokufa kwakhe, iNkulumbuso yaseIndiya yazisa ukuba uchungechunge lwezezulu zesathelayithi, iMetSat, yayiza kubizwa ngokuba yi-'Kalpana' ngo-2003. I-satellite yokuqala yochungechunge, 'MetSat-1', eyasungulwa yi-India ngoSeptemba 12, 2002. , yanikwa elinye igamaKalpana-1'. Ngeli xesha, iKalpana Chawla Award yasungulwa yiUrhulumente waseKarnatakango-2004 ukuqaphela oosonzululwazi abancinci ababhinqileyo. I-NASA, kwelinye icala, inikezele i-supercomputer kwimemori kaKalpana Chawla.
Iifoto: The Times Of India
