Biography of Indian-born NASA astronaut Kalpana Chawla. Covers her birth and upbringing in India, her graduate studies in the US, and her aerospace engineering career culminating in her selection into the NASA astronaut corps in 1995. Details her astronaut training and two shuttle flights, STS-87 in 1997, and the ill-fated STS-107 in 2003. Written by her husband, Jean-Pierre Harrison.