{"id":357,"date":"2022-03-08T15:01:45","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T15:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.talscouts.org\/blog\/?p=357"},"modified":"2024-02-09T17:06:58","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T17:06:58","slug":"uttam-raj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.taltransformers.org\/blog\/uttam-raj\/","title":{"rendered":"Uttam Raj"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kalpana Chawla<\/p>\n<p>Kalpana Chawla was an Indian-born American astronaut and engineer who was the first woman of Indian origin to go to space. From a young age she had dreamt to see beyond the limit. She first thought of becoming a pilot, after she had qualified, she was hired as a research scientist at NASA. In 1994, she was selected by NASA for training as an astronaut. 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