A hill on Mars is named after Kalpana Chawla
NASA named seven hills on planet Mars after the seven crew members, including India-born astronaut Kalpana Chawla, of the Space Shuttle Columbia who lost their lives while returning from their mission. The crew died when the space shuttle disintegrated on re-entering Earth's atmosphere on February 1, 2003. "The Columbia crew...made the supreme sacrifice in the name of exploration," announced NASA.