Kalpana Chawla Autographs
Kalpana Chawla (March 17, 1962 – February 1, 2003) was an Indian-American astronaut and aerospace engineer who was the first woman of Indian origin to fly to space. Chawla expressed an interest in aerospace engineering from an early age and took engineering classes at Dayal Singh College and Punjab Engineering College in India. She then traveled to the United States, where she earned her MSc and PhD, becoming a naturalized United States citizen in the early 1990s.
She first flew on the Space Shuttle Columbia in 1997 as a mission specialist and robotic arm operator aboard STS-87. Her role in the flight caused some controversy due to the failed deployment of the Shuttle-Pointed Autonomous Research Tool for Astronomy ("Spartan") module. Chawla's second flight was in 2003 on STS-107, the final flight of Columbia. She was one of the seven crew members who died in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster when the spacecraft disintegrated during its descent back to Earth's atmosphere on February 1, 2003.
Chawla was posthumously awarded the Congressional Space Medal of Honor, the NASA Space Flight Medal, and the NASA Distinguished Service Medal. Several buildings, spacecraft, and extraterrestrial landmarks have been named in her honor.
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Traded items with a signature of Kalpana Chawla
The most expensive item with a signature of Kalpana Chawla (NASA Mission STS-87 Crew Signed Photo 6 Sigs. Incl, Kalpana Chawla, Winston S...) was sold in October 2025 for $1,105.00 while the cheapest item (Signed STS-87 launch cover (Kalpana Chawla STS-107)) found a new owner for $19.50 in July 2011. The month with the most items sold (2) was October 2025 with an average selling price of $812.50 for an autographed item of Kalpana Chawla. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in October 2025 with $812.50 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $19.50 was July 2011. In average, an autographed item from Kalpana Chawla is worth $274.56.
Most recently, these items with a signature of Kalpana Chawla were sold on eBay - click here for more items.
| Picture | Item Title | Price | Store |
 | 1997 SPACE SHUTTLE COLUMBIA STS-87 crew signed cachet cover FDC KALPANA CHAWLA | $36.95 |  |
| Astronaut Archives offers signed Kalpana Chawla Official NASA litho | $306.00 | |
| Astronaut Archives offers signed Kalpana Chawla Official NASA litho. CHOICE | $310.99 | |
| Astronaut Archives offers Kalpana Chawla STS87 Official NASA litho signed WOW | $300.99 | |
| Astronaut Archives offers Kalpana Chawla signed Official NASA STS 87 litho | $79.99 | |
| Astronaut Archives offers signed Kalpana Chawla STS 87 Official NASA litho | $306.00 | |
| AUTOGRAPHED BY KALPANA CHAWLA - STS 87 COLUMBIA TRAGEDY | $49.00 | |
 | COLUMBIA ASTRONAUT KALPANA CHAWLA (1962-2003) AUTOGRAPH PHOTO~ | $274.56 | |
 | COLUMBIA ASTRONAUT KALPANA CHAWLA (1962-2003) AUTOGRAPH PHOTO~ | $237.01 | |
| Crew Hand Signed STS-87 Launch Cover W/ Kalpana Chawla (STS-107) | $89.00 | |
| Kalpana Chawla Astronaut Candidate Signed Space Cover - 94142 | $83.00 | |
| Kalpana Chawla Autographed 8X10 NASA shuttle Photo / STS-107 | $380.00 | |
| Kalpana Chawla NASA Astronaut STS-107 Crash Signed Autograph Magazine Cover | $399.99 | |
| Kalpana Chawla Signed Photo 8x10 NASA Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster - COA JSA | $520.00 | |
| NASA Mission STS-87 Crew Signed Photo 6 Sigs. Incl, Kalpana Chawla, Winston S... | $1,105.00 | |
