Kalpana Chawla Space Shuttle Incident
The question asks to identify the space shuttle involved in the tragic death of Indian-American astronaut Kalpana Chawla in 2003.
Kalpana Chawla was part of the crew of the space shuttle Columbia (Mission STS-107). The shuttle disintegrated upon re-entry into Earth's atmosphere on February 1, 2003, resulting in the loss of all seven crew members, including Kalpana Chawla.
Therefore, the space shuttle in which Kalpana Chawla died was the Columbia.
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