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The Department of Justice (DOJ) obtained private communications and other personal records of multiple Republican House and Senate staffers who were investigating the department’s role in the origins of the Russia collusion hoax, according to former senior Trump administration official Kash Patel. A recently-revealed subpoena shows that the DOJ sought the records for not only Patel when he was an investigator for then-Rep. Devin Nunes (R-CA), but also those of Jason Foster, who was at the time chief investigative counsel to then-Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (I-IA) and was also looking into the DOJ’s role in the hoax.

An inspiration and idol to countless girls, Kalpana Chawla was the first Indian woman to fly in space. Born on 17 March 1962, in Karnal, Haryana. She acquired her Bachelor of Engineering degree in Aeronautical Engineering from Punjab Engineering College in Chandigarh in 1982. After completing her graduation in Engineering, she moved from India to the US in 1982 and made her first space trip aboard the Space Shuttle Columbia in 1997. During her first space mission, she also spoke to the then Prime Minister of India Inderjit K Gujral from the orbit. Chawla's second space trip in 2003 ended...

Almost one and a half years after the tragic disaster of the Nasa space shuttle Columbia, one of its crew, the late Indian-American astronaut Kalpana Chawla has been honoured by the New York City administration. 74th Street in the Jackson Heights area of the city has now been renamed, 74 Street Kalpana Chawla Way. Kalpana Chawla was one of the seven astronauts killed when the Colombia shuttle disintegrated in mid-air on 1 February, 2003. The Mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg, officially unveiled the Kalpana Chawla Way on Sunday at a simple but well attended ceremony including hundreds of...

On this page: Bios, profiles, news stories, memorial services On Feb. 1, 2003, Indian-American Dr. Kalpana C. Chawla, 41, was one of seven astronauts killed on the Space Shuttle Columbia. This a site to help journalists cover her story. PRONUNCIATION: KULL-puh-na CHAO-la ("kull" rhymes with "hull" ... "puh" rhymes with the "puh" sound in "pundit"... "CHAO" rhymes with "ciao" or "chow") - journalists and senior government officials have been mispronouncing the name. MEANING OF HER FIRST NAME: among the meanings in Hindi - imagination, a dream, fantasy, something that is almost impossible to attaining. Ode for Kalpana By Ambassador Robert...

<p>Mission specialist Kalpana Chawla is shown during a training session in December at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla.</p> <p>Flight Engineer, Mission Specialist and former South Bay resident Kalpana Chawla was a gutsy woman with a penchant for exploring, whether it was the remote corners of Earth or outerspace, said high school classmate and Santa Clara University Professor Atulya Sarin.</p>

National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationLyndon B. Johnson Space Center Houston, Texas 77058 Biographical Data RICK DOUGLAS HUSBAND (COLONEL, USAF) NASA ASTRONAUT PERSONAL DATA: Born July 12, 1957, in Amarillo, Texas. Married. Two children. He enjoys singing, water and snow skiing, cycling, and spending time with his family. EDUCATION: Graduated from Amarillo High School, Amarillo, Texas, in 1975. Received a bachelor of science degree in mechanical engineering from Texas Tech University in 1980, and a master of science degree in mechanical engineering from California State University, Fresno, in 1990. ORGANIZATIONS: Member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots, Tau Beta...

Kalpana Chawla's space dream did India proud NDTV Correspondent Saturday, February 1, 2003 (Washington, New Delhi): Kalpana Chawla, who died in the Columbia space shuttle mishap along with six others, had done India proud when she embarked on her first space mission on November 19, 1997. The Karnal-born Chawla, the 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. Following her successful tenure at the Ames, Chawla in 1993 joined the...