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In 1996, Kalpana Chawla was the first Indian woman to travel to space in the space shuttle Columbia mission. This space shuttle orbited the Earth 252 times for two weeks. The second and at the same time the last experience of his journey to space took place along with six other astronauts in 2003

Kalpana Chawla made history in 1996 as the first Indian woman to travel to space aboard the space shuttle Columbia mission. During the two-week mission, the shuttle orbited the Earth 252 times. Tragically, her second and final space journey occurred in 2003