is going to space with your friends!" Even over email, Dr Shawna Pandya's excitement about her upcoming mission is palpable. As Canada's first female commercial astronaut and the fourth Indian ...

Chawla, the first Indian-origin woman to go to space, remembered on her birth anniversary A file photo of Kalpana Chawla. She was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor and ...

However, for Shawna Pandya, Canada's first female commercial ... joining an illustrious list with Kalpana Chawla, Sunita Williams and Sirisha Bandla. The space medicine expert will be researching ...

From small towns in India to the vast expanse of space, there Indian-origin astronauts have orbited the Earth, conducted ...

Sunita Williams and Kalpana Chawla shared a love for samosas, one of the most popular Indian snacks. (Photo by Handout / NASA / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO ...