Home / English / How many people were there on the space shuttle? English How many people were there on the space shuttle? Posted on22/05/202216/05/2022 Updated on16/05/2022 There were seven people in the space shuttle Columbia. Related posts: Where was Kalpana Chawla born? Why is she called an Indian-American? When and why did Kalpana Chawla go to the U.S.? Who did she marry? How did Kalpana Chawla become an astronaut? What gave her the idea that she could be an astronaut? What abilities must an astronaut have according to the journalist?