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Who is India's First women in Space?

  1. Sunita Williams

  2. Palak Agarwal

  3. Serena Williams

  4. Kalpana Chawla
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Explanation

Kalpana Chawla was the first woman of Indian origin in space, flying on NASA's Space Shuttle Columbia missions STS-87 in 1997 and STS-107 in 2003. She was born in Karnal, Haryana, India, and became a US citizen to pursue her dream of space travel. Sunita Williams is also of Indian descent but was not the first.

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