class 6 English
1) Who was kalpana chawla?
2) Where is karnal city ?
3) How did she become an astronaut? What gave her the idea that she could be an astronaut?
4) What was the news on Saturday night?
5) What were thousands of households in karnal hoping?
Answers
1.ans=Kalpana Chawla was an American astronaut, engineer, and the first woman of Indian origin to go to space. She first flew on Space Shuttle Columbia in 1997 as a mission specialist and primary robotic arm operator.
2.ans=Haryana
3.ans=After qualifying as a pilot, Chawla applied to NASA space shuttle program. ... In 1994 she was selected at NASA for training as an astronaut. It was her success as a pilot which gave her the idea that she could become an astronaut.
4.ans=In an unprecedented space tragedy, U.S. Space Shuttle Columbia, carrying India-born American astronaut Kalpana Chawla and six others, broke apart in flames as it streaked over Texas towards its landing strip on Saturday, 1 February 2003, killing all seven on board.
5.ans=The town of Karnal spent a sleepless night as thousands of households stayed glued to their television sets in the hope that Kalpana and the crew had somehow survived. A journalist wrote: She was a heroine. It takes enormous ability to become an astronaut.
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Answer:
1) Kalpana Chawla was an American astronaut, engineer, and the first woman of Indian origin to go to space. She first flew on Space Shuttle Columbia in 1997 as a mission specialist and primary robotic arm operator
2) Haryana
3) After qualifying as a pilot, Chawla applied to NASA space shuttle program. ... In 1994 she was selected at NASA for training as an astronaut. It was her success as a pilot which gave her the idea that she could become an astronaut.