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.

The Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur named the Kalpana Chawla Space Technology Cell in her honor. Manmohan Singh. One of them is Chawla Hill named after Chawla.

She first flew on Space Shuttle Columbia in 1997 as a mission specialist and primary robotic arm operator. She was the first Indian American astronaut and first Indian woman in space.