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First Indian to board in a space shuttle?

  1. Rakesh Sharma

  2. Sunita Williams

  3. Kalpana Chawla

  4. None of above
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Explanation

Kalpana Chawla was the first Indian-born woman to travel in space aboard the NASA Space Shuttle (STS-87 in 1997 and STS-107 in 2003). Rakesh Sharma was an Indian cosmonaut who flew on a Soviet mission (not a NASA space shuttle). Sunita Williams is also an Indian-American astronaut but flew later than Kalpana Chawla.

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