✨ Summary (Easy English)

This lesson is about Kalpana Chawla, the first Indian-born woman to go to space.
She was born in Karnal, Haryana, India.
From childhood, she loved flying and dreamed of going to space.

Kalpana studied aeronautical engineering in India and later went to the USA.
She became an astronaut at NASA and flew into space in 1997.
She loved space and believed that dreams always come true if we work hard.

In 2003, she went on her second space mission, but sadly the space shuttle Columbia broke apart, and she lost her life.
She is remembered as a symbol of courage, hard work, and inspiration.

👉 Message: Dreams have no limits.

✨ कहानी का सार (Hindi में)

यह पाठ कल्पना चावला के जीवन पर आधारित है।
वह अंतरिक्ष में जाने वाली पहली भारतीय मूल की महिला थीं।
उनका जन्म हरियाणा के करनाल में हुआ था।
बचपन से ही उन्हें उड़ान और अंतरिक्ष से प्रेम था।

उन्होंने भारत और अमेरिका में पढ़ाई की
और NASA की अंतरिक्ष यात्री बनीं।
1997 में उन्होंने पहली बार अंतरिक्ष यात्रा की।
2003 में दूसरी यात्रा के दौरान एक दुर्घटना में उनका निधन हो गया।

वे आज भी युवाओं के लिए
मेहनत, साहस और सपनों की मिसाल हैं।

📘 Word Meanings

📝 Question–Answer

Q1. Who was Kalpana Chawla?

Ans: She was an Indian-American astronaut and the first Indian-born woman in space.

Q2. Where was Kalpana Chawla born?

Ans: She was born in Karnal, Haryana, India.

Q3. Why is Kalpana Chawla an inspiration?

Ans: Because she achieved her dream through hard work and courage.

Q4. What happened to the space shuttle Columbia?

Ans: It broke apart during re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere.

Q5. What message does the lesson give us?

Ans: We should dream big and work hard to achieve our goals.

✅ Message of the Lesson

• Dream big

• Work hard

• Never give up