![Space shuttle Columbia astronaut Kalpana Chawla waves with her husband Jean Pierre Harrison as crewmembers of mission STS-87 greeted family and friends at the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center November 18. Space shuttle Columbia astronaut Kalpana Chawla waves with her husband Jean Pierre Harrison as crewmembers of mission STS-87 greeted family and friends at the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center November 18.](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D56C1N/space-shuttle-columbia-astronaut-kalpana-chawla-waves-with-her-husband-jean-pierre-harrison-as-crewmembers-of-mission-sts-87-greeted-family-and-friends-at-the-launch-pad-at-kennedy-space-center-november-18-launch-of-columbia-with-a-crew-of-six-is-scheduled-for-november-19-for-a-16-day-research-mission-chawla-is-a-nasa-astronaut-and-was-born-in-karnal-india-2D56C1N.jpg)
Space shuttle Columbia astronaut Kalpana Chawla waves with her husband Jean Pierre Harrison as crewmembers of mission STS-87 greeted family and friends at the launch pad at Kennedy Space Center November 18.
![ANI on Twitter: "Kalpana was very determined to achieve what she set her mind to: Jean-Pierre Harrison (Kalpana Chawla's husband) https://t.co/BYXR9pSUkz" / Twitter ANI on Twitter: "Kalpana was very determined to achieve what she set her mind to: Jean-Pierre Harrison (Kalpana Chawla's husband) https://t.co/BYXR9pSUkz" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CkTSrs0XEAAsnF-.jpg)
ANI on Twitter: "Kalpana was very determined to achieve what she set her mind to: Jean-Pierre Harrison (Kalpana Chawla's husband) https://t.co/BYXR9pSUkz" / Twitter
![Jean-Pierre Harrison, husband of Kalpana Chawla, addresses students of the Punjab Engineering college in the north Indian city of Chandigarh March 20, 2003. Chawla, along with six other astronauts, was killed when Jean-Pierre Harrison, husband of Kalpana Chawla, addresses students of the Punjab Engineering college in the north Indian city of Chandigarh March 20, 2003. Chawla, along with six other astronauts, was killed when](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D41Y85/jean-pierre-harrison-husband-of-kalpana-chawla-addresses-students-of-the-punjab-engineering-college-in-the-north-indian-city-of-chandigarh-march-20-2003-chawla-along-with-six-other-astronauts-was-killed-when-the-space-shuttle-columbia-broke-apart-during-its-atmospheric-reentry-just-before-landing-on-february1-a-portrait-of-chawla-is-seen-in-the-background-reutersajay-verma-kkfa-2D41Y85.jpg)
Jean-Pierre Harrison, husband of Kalpana Chawla, addresses students of the Punjab Engineering college in the north Indian city of Chandigarh March 20, 2003. Chawla, along with six other astronauts, was killed when
Mission Specialist Kalpana Chawla poses with her husband Jean-Pierre Harrison during final prelaunch activities leading up to the liftoff. — Google Arts & Culture
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