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jaladiya: notable south asian americans → Kalpana Chawla Kalpana Chawla is the 1st Indian American astronaut and 1st Indian woman in space. Born in Karnal, India, on July 1, 1961, Chawla was the youngest of four children.  Chawla obtained a degree in aeronautical engineering from Punjab Engineering College before immigrating to the United States and becoming a naturalized citizen in the 1980s. She earned a doctorate in aerospace engineering from the University of Colorado in 1988, having previously obtained her masters degree from the University of Texas. She began working at NASA’s Ames Research Center the same year, working on power-lift computational fluid dynamics. In 1994, Chawla was selected as an astronaut candidate. After a year of training, she became a crew representative for the Astronaut Office EVA/Robotics and Computer Branches, where she worked with Robotic Situational Awareness Displays and tested software for the space shuttles. Chawla’s first opportunity to fly in space came in November 1997, aboard the space shuttle Columbia on flight STS-87. In 2000, Chawla was selected for her second voyage into space, serving again as a mission specialist on STS-107 in the Columbia space shuttle. The mission was delayed several times, and finally launched in 2003. Over the course of the 16-day flight, the crew completed more than 80 experiments. Chawla and the 6 other crew members died on February 1, 2003 while Columbia was attempting to reenter the Earth’s atmosphere. Over the course of her two missions, Chawla logged 30 days, 14 hours, and 54 minutes in space. After her first launch, she said, “When you look at the stars and the galaxy, you feel that you are not just from any particular piece of land, but from the solar system.” (via Nola Taylor Redd)
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jaladiya: notable south asian americans → Kalpana Chawla Kalpana Chawla is the 1st Indian American astronaut and 1st Indian woman in space. Born in Karnal, India, on July 1, 1961, Chawla was the youngest of four children.  Chawla obtained a degree in aeronautical engineering from Punjab Engineering College before immigrating to the United States and becoming a naturalized citizen in the 1980s. She earned a doctorate in aerospace engineering from the University of Colorado in 1988, having previously obtained her masters degree from the University of Texas. She began working at NASA’s Ames Research Center the same year, working on power-lift computational fluid dynamics. In 1994, Chawla was selected as an astronaut candidate. After a year of training, she became a crew representative for the Astronaut Office EVA/Robotics and Computer Branches, where she worked with Robotic Situational Awareness Displays and tested software for the space shuttles. Chawla’s first opportunity to fly in space came in November 1997, aboard the space shuttle Columbia on flight STS-87. In 2000, Chawla was selected for her second voyage into space, serving again as a mission specialist on STS-107 in the Columbia space shuttle. The mission was delayed several times, and finally launched in 2003. Over the course of the 16-day flight, the crew completed more than 80 experiments. Chawla and the 6 other crew members died on February 1, 2003 while Columbia was attempting to reenter the Earth’s atmosphere. Over the course of her two missions, Chawla logged 30 days, 14 hours, and 54 minutes in space. After her first launch, she said, “When you look at the stars and the galaxy, you feel that you are not just from any particular piece of land, but from the solar system.” (via Nola Taylor Redd)
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jaladiya: notable south asian americans → Kalpana Chawla Kalpana Chawla is the 1st Indian American astronaut and 1st Indian woman in space. Born in Karnal, India, on July 1, 1961, Chawla was the youngest of four children.  Chawla obtained a degree in aeronautical engineering from Punjab Engineering College before immigrating to the United States and becoming a naturalized citizen in the 1980s. She earned a doctorate in aerospace engineering from the University of Colorado in 1988, having previously obtained her masters degree from the University of Texas. She began working at NASA’s Ames Research Center the same year, working on power-lift computational fluid dynamics. In 1994, Chawla was selected as an astronaut candidate. After a year of training, she became a crew representative for the Astronaut Office EVA/Robotics and Computer Branches, where she worked with Robotic Situational Awareness Displays and tested software for the space shuttles. Chawla’s first opportunity to fly in space came in November 1997, aboard the space shuttle Columbia on flight STS-87. In 2000, Chawla was selected for her second voyage into space, serving again as a mission specialist on STS-107 in the Columbia space shuttle. The mission was delayed several times, and finally launched in 2003. Over the course of the 16-day flight, the crew completed more than 80 experiments. Chawla and the 6 other crew members died on February 1, 2003 while Columbia was attempting to reenter the Earth’s atmosphere. Over the course of her two missions, Chawla logged 30 days, 14 hours, and 54 minutes in space. After her first launch, she said, “When you look at the stars and the galaxy, you feel that you are not just from any particular piece of land, but from the solar system.” (via Nola Taylor Redd)
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notable south asian americans → Kalpana Chawla

Kalpana Chawla is the 1st Indian American astronaut and 1st Indian woman in space.

Born in Karnal, India, on July 1, 1961, Chawla was the youngest of four children. 

Chawla obtained a degree in aeronautical engineering from Punjab Engineering College before immigrating to the United States and becoming a naturalized citizen in the 1980s. She earned a doctorate in aerospace engineering from the University of Colorado in 1988, having previously obtained her masters degree from the University of Texas. She began working at NASA’s Ames Research Center the same year, working on power-lift computational fluid dynamics.

In 1994, Chawla was selected as an astronaut candidate. After a year of training, she became a crew representative for the Astronaut Office EVA/Robotics and Computer Branches, where she worked with Robotic Situational Awareness Displays and tested software for the space shuttles.

Chawla’s first opportunity to fly in space came in November 1997, aboard the space shuttle Columbia on flight STS-87.

In 2000, Chawla was selected for her second voyage into space, serving again as a mission specialist on STS-107 in the Columbia space shuttle. The mission was delayed several times, and finally launched in 2003. Over the course of the 16-day flight, the crew completed more than 80 experiments.

Chawla and the 6 other crew members died on February 1, 2003 while Columbia was attempting to reenter the Earth’s atmosphere.

Over the course of her two missions, Chawla logged 30 days, 14 hours, and 54 minutes in space. After her first launch, she said, “When you look at the stars and the galaxy, you feel that you are not just from any particular piece of land, but from the solar system.”

(via Nola Taylor Redd)

Materials Research Institute @ QMUL: One hundred years of diffraction: "probably the most important discovery you have never heard of"

qmulmri:

An interesting piece about the centenary celebration of the development of x-ray crystallography by the father and son team William and Lawrence Bragg published yesterday in the Metro.

Essentially 100 years ago the Braggs reported their understanding of what happens when a beam of x-rays…

drsonnet: #Science “ Specialists from the Department of Hand Surgery Hospital in Rehovot saved from complete amputation the fingers of a young man. Three fingers of his hand were crushed by machine and presented fourth degree burns. A month after having his fingers sewn into his abdomen to provide ample blood supply, they have been restored, and regained movement almost completely.” Dr.G.Bhanu Prakash This is CRAZY
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#Science “ Specialists from the Department of Hand Surgery Hospital in Rehovot saved from complete amputation the fingers of a young man. Three fingers of his hand were crushed by machine and presented fourth degree burns. A month after having his fingers sewn into his abdomen to provide ample blood supply, they have been restored, and regained movement almost completely.” Dr.G.Bhanu Prakash

This is CRAZY

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