Biography of 5 indian scientists at nasa

As a part of Asian Pacific American Heritage month, NASA celebrated the contributions of several Indian-origin scientists in the space agency including engineers, flight directors, astronauts, ISRO and many more. 

Kalpana Chawla was the first woman Indian Astronaut to reach space.

She went to space on two missions as a NASA astronaut. She was one of seven crew members in NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia which disintegrated minutes after launching from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida.

"None of our astronauts traveled a longer path to space than Kalpana Chawla.

She left India as a student but she would see the nation of her birth, all of it, from hundreds of miles above." President George W. Bush spoke about Chawla’s achievements af Here Are 9 Indian NASA Scientists You Should Know - Homegrown LOL