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4. Kalpana’s life ended in a tragedy while she was:

a) driving b) returning from a space mission

c) going to space

B. Complete the following sentences on the basis of your understanding of the
chapter.

1. Kalpana Chawla was the first Indian-American woman __________________

2. Kalpana Chawla studied in __________________________________________

3. Kalpana joined NASA and ___________________________________________

4. Kalpana conducted many ___________________________________________
5. The space shuttle carrying back Kalpana and other ______________________

__________________________________________________________________

C. One word answer questions.

1. In which year, did Kalpana Chawla become a part of the US space shuttle
programme?

2. What was the speed of the space shuttle?
3. When did Columbia lift off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida?

4. Where was Kalpana Chawla born?
5. In which year was Kalpana Chawla selected by NASA for training as an

astronaut?

D. Answer the following questions.
1. What qualification did Kalpana acquire before becoming an astronaut?

2. How was Kalpana selected for the space mission?
3. What happened when Kalpana was returning from her space mission?

4. How was Kalpana Chawla related to India?

Vocabulary Booster
Vocabulary Booster
Vocabulary Booster

A. Circle the odd one out.
1. feet kilometres litres metre

2. fortunately luckily sadly happily

3. astronaut pilot crew driver
4. kill die born slaughtered

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