The list of several dozen female astronauts is at the link
Christa McAuliffe was the school teacher astronaut who was killed in the Challenger shuttle explosion in 1986. She was selected from thousands of applicants to be the first civilian in space as part of NASA's Teacher in Space Project.
Astronaut Charles Bolden was a contestant on Name That Tune in 1977.
Kalpana Chawla tragically perished in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster on February 1, 2003. The mission was STS-107.
The word astronaut is a noun, a word for a profession of people. The word astronaut is singular, common, abstract noun.
Her name was Kalpana Chawla.
Challenger
Christa McAuliffe
The list of several dozen female astronauts is at the link
Magenta and Columbia
neil astronaut is a astronaut his real name is neil armstrong
Christa McAuliffe was the school teacher astronaut who was killed in the Challenger shuttle explosion in 1986. She was selected from thousands of applicants to be the first civilian in space as part of NASA's Teacher in Space Project.
The Chandra X-Ray telescope was launched from Space Shuttle Columbia, during mission STS-93, between July 23-27, 1999. It also marked the first Shuttle mission led by a female commander, Astronaut Eileen Collins.
The name "Columbia" in British Columbia comes from the Columbia River, which was named after the ship Columbia Rediviva that was used by American captain Robert Gray when he first explored the river in the late 18th century.
No Steve Lovell is not a astronaut, only has the same name.
The name of the first astronaut to fly in space was Alan .b. Shepard.
Astronaut Charles Bolden was a contestant on Name That Tune in 1977.