Kalpana Chawla Signed Photo 8×10 NASA Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster – COA JSA

Presented is an 8×10 NASA photo autographed by astronaut, Kalpana Chawla. She signed the photo in silver felt tip (“9”) with the inscription, “’To Tim Lindor – Reach for the Stars, Kalpana Chawla.’”. The photo has the official NASA stamping with caption on the verso.

Kalpana Chawla was an American astronaut and aerospace engineer who was the first woman of Indian origin to fly to space. Chawla expressed an interest in aerospace engineering from an early age and took engineering classes at Dayal Singh College and Punjab Engineering College in India. She then traveled to the United States, where she earned her MSc and PhD, becoming a naturalized United States citizen in the early 1990s.

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Kalpana Chawla Signed Photo