A2. Non-verbal to Verbal:
Read the information on the life history of Kalpana Chawla.
On the basis of the given points write two short paragraphs
on her life history. Suggest a suitable title.
Kalpana Chawla : The first Indian woman in space.
Born: 1961, Karnal, a small toWn of Haryana.
Schooling Tagore Bal Niketan. Karnal (1976). B.E from Punjab
Engineering College, Chandigarh.
1984 Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering-University of
Texas
1986: Ph.D in Aerospace Engineering-University of Colorado
1995 Picked up for the space programme by NASA.
1997:Became the first Indian American in space
January 2003 Went aboard her second space shuttle Columbta
to study the outer atmosphere of the sun.
1st February 2003:Space shuttle lost contact and crashed
claiming Kalpana's life with six fellow astronauts. (OR)
Answers
Explanation:
Kalpana Chawla was the first Indian woman in space. She was born in 1961, in a small town of Haryana named Karnal. She completed her school studies in the Tagore Bal Niketan, located in Karnal in the year 1976 and achieved her B.E. from Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh. In 1984, she got her master's degree in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Texas and in 1986, she got a Ph.D in Aerospace Engineering from the University of Colorado.
After about a decade, in 1995, NASA picked her up for for a space programme and in 1997, she became the first Indian-American woman to go to space. She went abroad in her second space shuttle Columbia to study the outer atmosphere of the Sun in January, 2003. On 1st February, 2003, the space shuttle lost contact and crashed, taking away the life of Kalpana Chawla, along with six fellow astronauts.
Kalpana Chawla was an American astronaut and engineer, the first woman of Indian origin to go to space.
Explanation:
Kalpana Chawla, the first ever Indian woman in space, was born in 1961, in Karnal, a small town of Haryana. She completed her schooling from Tagore Bal Niketan, Karnal and B.E from Punjab Engineering College, Chandigarh in 1976. She achieved Master's degree in Aerospace Engineering from University of Texas in 1984 and Ph.D in Aerospace Engineering from University of Colorado in 1986.
She was picked up for the space programme by NASA in 1995 and became the first Indian American to go to space in 1997. She was sent aboard her second space shuttle Columbta to study the outer atmosphere of the sun in January 2003. 1st February 2003 brought final goodbye when Kalpana's space shuttle lost contact and crashed claiming Kalpana's life with six fellow astronauts.