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The Karnal-born Chawla, first Indian American astronaut, began her career at the Ames Research Center at NASA in 1988. A graduate in Aeronautical Engineering from the Punjab Engineering College she began work at the Ames in the area of fluid dynamics. She completed her Masters from the University of Texas in 1984, earned a doctorate from the University of Colorado. Following her successful tenure at the Ames, Ms. Chawla joined in 1993 the Overset Methods Inc. in California as its vice-president and research scientist in charge of simulating various body functions for future space missions. The NASA selected Ms. Chawla as an astronaut candidate in 1994 and she joined the 15th group of astronauts in March 1995. After an year of training and evaluation, Ms. Chawla was assigned as a crew representative to work on technical issues for NASA's Astronaut Office Extra Vehicular Activities, Robotics, dealing in space walks. She was instrumental in the testing of space control software in the Shuttle Avionics Integration Laboratory. Ms. Chawla's received recognition here and was assigned as Mission Specialist and Prime Robotic Arm Operator on the STS-87 and was involved in the manual capture of an orbiting satellite. — PTI
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