Multiple choice general knowledge science & technology

The first Indian woman in space was

  1. Kalpana Chawla

  2. Sarita Khanna

  3. Divya Arora

  4. Sarojni Bhatt
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Kalpana Chawla is correctly identified as the first Indian woman in space. She flew on Space Shuttle Columbia mission STS-87 in 1997 as a mission specialist. Although she was a US citizen born in India, she is recognized as the first woman of Indian origin in space. Sunita Williams later became the second Indian-American woman in space.

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