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Kalpana Chawla

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Author:
Mirchandani, Raakhee
NoveList Series:
She Persisted
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She Persisted
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Pub. Date:
2023
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English
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CHILDREN BIOGRAPHY Chawla, K. 2023
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CHILDREN BIOGRAPHY Chawla, K. 2023
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"Born and raised in India, Kalpana Chawla was discouraged from pursuing a career in aeronautical engineering because there were limited career options for women in that field. But she persisted, getting her degree and then moving to the US to obtain other, more advanced education before joining NASA and becoming the first Indian-born woman to go to space. Though she was killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster, she continues to inspire girls in India and around the world to pursue their dreams of spaceflight"--
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Astronauts
Astronauts -- India -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Astronauts -- Juvenile literature
Astronauts -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Biographies
Biography & Autobiography
Chawla, Kalpana
Chawla, Kalpana, -- 1961-2003 -- Juvenile literature
East Indian American women
East Indian American women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
East Indian American women -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Juvenile Nonfiction
Reference
Science
Women
Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Women astronauts
Women astronauts -- India -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
Women astronauts -- Juvenile literature
Women astronauts -- United States -- Biography -- Juvenile literature
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Contributors:
Flint, Gillian,illustrator
ISBN:
9780593620632
9780593620649
9780593681664
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