Astronaut Kalpana Chawla’s unseen images on the occasion of International Women’s Day have been flagged as NFTs. The collection, being launched by GuardianLink on the Beyondlife.Club NFT marketplace, will go live on March 8. India-born American astronaut, Chawla was among the seven crew members who lost their lives after a fire broke out on NASA’s Columbia spacecraft. Entered Earth’s atmosphere in 2003. The first Indian-origin woman to go into space, Chawla has been one of the most inspiring personalities, especially for space enthusiasts in India.
special NFT The collection will have ten images of Chawla, with 25 copies of each image. In total, there will be 250 NFT pieces in this chain.
Each NFT will also hold a quote from Chawla adding up the price quotient of this series.
“In honor of Kalpana’s achievements, I have approved the release of NFTs containing rare and previously unseen photographs of her life,” Chawla’s husband Jean-Pierre Harrison said in a statement.
Glimpse of these indicative images have not been released to the public domain.
The money collected from the sale of these NFTs will be donated to an Indian child welfare organisation, whose name is unknown.
As of now, details on the pricing of Chawla’s NFTs have not been revealed.
A digital collectible piece inspired by Chawla has also debuted on India’s WazirX crypto exchange and marketplace.
under of wazirx The ‘Iconic-Women-in-History’ collection, represented as a cartoon of Chawla wearing a space suit, has been priced at $33.34 (approximately Rs 2,560).
NFTs are valuable virtual collectibles that are backed on blockchain technology.
According to data from market tracker DappRadar, NFT sales reached around $25 billion (about Rs 1,84,700 crore) in 2021, as the speculative crypto asset exploded in popularity. has shown,
The sector is witnessing growth in India with a slew of indigenous NFT marketplaces such as beyondlife.club, BollycoinAnd wazirx Crop, among others.
Earlier this month, the Youth, Music and English Entertainment (YME) arm of Viacom18 launched its dedicated NFT marketplace. “totally useless”,
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