This Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we’re highlighting people whose contributions have often been overlooked. Tonight, we explore the legacy of Kalpana Chawla, the first American ...

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore have safely returned to Earth after an extended 286-day mission aboard the ...

Kalpana Chawla became the first Indian-born woman to go to space in 1997. Six years later, on February 1, 2003, Chawla died when the space shuttle Columbia broke up on re-entry into Earth's atmosphere ...

Chawla and six colleagues died in the Columbia shuttle disaster in 2003. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A commercial cargo ...