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Kalpana Chawla (Astronaut)

The coolest thing for me is the experience of floating and not feeling my weight. And hanging by a window just after sunset and watching the stars in the big black dome of the sky as the earth moves underneath.

— Kalpana Chawla art

It was starting to get dim outside, so you got to see your own reflection. And there is the , and you can still see the Earth’s surface and the dark sky overhead. And I could then see my reflection in the window and in the retina of my eye the whole earth and the sky could be seen reflected. So I called all the crew members one by one and they saw it, and they said, 'oh wow'.

— Kalpana Chawla art

When you look at the stars and the galaxy, you feel that you are not just from any particular piece of land, but from the solar system.

— Kalpana Chawla art

I don't know why I always liked aerospace engineering. I was in the 10th grade when I figured that's what I wanted to do.

— Kalpana Chawla space

I stopped thinking about it after trying to figure out what are the lessons learned, and there are so many. After I had basically sorted that out, I figured it's time to really look at the future and not at the past.

— Kalpana Chawla time

Some of the senior people, the very senior astronauts, shook my hand and said, 'K.C., you did a great job. Don't let anyone tell you different.'

— Kalpana Chawla people

I was interested in aerospace and flying, and the U.S. is really the best place in the world for flying.

— Kalpana Chawla world

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