renamed to Kalpana-1 by the then Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee in memory of Kalpana Chawla - a NASA astronaut who perished in the Space Shuttle Columbia . Posted by Kalpana Chawla at 10:22 AM No comments: Home Subscribe to: Posts (Atom) Blog Archive ▼  2007 (1) ▼  September (1) Kalpana Chawla