What world record does Kalpana Chawla hold?
First woman on Mars
First Indian woman in space
Youngest woman in space
Oldest woman in space
Answer
Kalpana Chawla was the first Indian woman to go into space, when she was selected to be a part of the NASA space shuttle Columbia's STS-107 mission in 2003. She died when the shuttle broke apart during re-entry into Earth's atmosphere.
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