Kalpana Chawla (1962-2003) was the first woman of Indian origin to fly to space. She was an aerospace engineer and astronaut who died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster in 2003. This book is about a dream, childhood , education, journey from Karnal to Houston of Kalpana Chawla, as a person, astronauts, woman in space, her mission, tragedy, her last moments and a brief history of space journey by Subodh Mahaneti.