(Manisha Mahar, Intern Journalist); America’s aerospace company Northrop Grumman has named its signature spacecraft after Kalpana Chawla, the first female astronaut of Indian origin to go to space. The Signus spacecraft will be launched on September 29 for the International Space Station. It is a great honor to be given by Northrop to Kalpana, who has also appreciated the contribution of Indian women in this field. Northrop Grumman, the creator of Signus Spacecraft, announced this in a tweet.
In it, he has written that the company regards the imagination of the contribution made in the field of space. She has made history at NASA as the first female astronaut of Indian origin. It further states that his contribution to Human Space Flight has had a lasting impact. Meet our next NG-14 Cygnus vehicle, SS Kalpana Chawla. Northrop Grumman said that it is the company’s tradition to name every signature spacecraft after a person who played a key role in a human space flight. Kalpana Chawla was chosen for this because she was the first astronaut of Indian origin.
The vehicle that the company has named the Kalpana is actually a re-supply ship. Signus will carry around 3629 kg of material for the ISS. The spacecraft will be launched from Mid Atlantic Regional Spaceport on the island of Wallop, Virginia.
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