NAT GEO's Mega Icons Season 2: When Kalpana Chawla's father went to her office at NASA

Mega Icons is returning on National Geographic with its second season. first season received praises from viewers as it gave insights on success stories of icons like Virat Kohli, APJ Abdul Kalam and ors. w second season will feature an episode on late Kalpana Chawla, first woman of Indian origin to go to . In a clip for episode, her far was reminiscing  time when he went to her office at National Aeronautics and ministration (NASA).

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Kalpana Chawla’s far recalls visiting her NASA office

National Geographic India has recently released a video featuring Kalpana Chawla’s far, Mr Banarasi Lal Chawla. It is from upcoming episode of Mega Icons season 2. In it, Mr Chawla narrates story of what he saw and experienced when he paid a visit to his daughter’s NASA office. He said that when his daughter did t return, he asked NASA authorities to allow him to have a look at Kalpana’s office. When he reached re, he mentioned that he saw her laptop open and a photo of her parents in a corner. Mr Chawla stated that on or corner, re were small toy planes lined up. He asserted that his daughter loved jets and her parents. Watch video below.

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Mega Icons’ episode on Kalpana Chawla will depict life journey of iconic personality, with help of intimate interviews of her parents. objective of show is to scratch beneath surface to decode wher it was ir conditioning, ir experiences, and hard work, or ir perspective to look at things differently that defined ir path to success. It will help viewers understand what me m who y are today.

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In film, Mr Banarasi Lal Chawla is seen speaking about his daughter’s life journey, things she believed that worked her way, choices she me in life, amongst many or unkwn facts. It brings alive her life incidents through powerful storytelling using cinematic recreations, along with intimate interviews with her dear ones. Kalpana Chawla’s episode in Mega Icons Season 2 will premiere on National Geographic on October 11th, 2020 at 7 pm. It will also be available on Disney + Hotstar VIP.

(With inputs from PR)