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Who was the first INDIAN women astronaut who went into the space?

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Who was the first INDIAN women astronaut who went into the space?
posted Sep 19, 2016 by anonymous

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First space mission. Her first space mission began on November 19, 1997, as part of the six-astronaut crew that flew the Space Shuttle Columbia flight STS-87. Chawla was the first Indian-born woman and the second Indian person to fly in space, following cosmonaut Rakesh Sharma who flew in 1984 on the Soyuz T-11.

answer Sep 20, 2016 by Shivaranjini
Kalpana Chawla      First Indian-American woman in space.
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