AN INDIAN AMERICAN WOMAN IN SPACE KALPANA CHAWLA

U.S. Space shuttle COLUMBIA , carrying India born American astronaut Kalpana Chawla and six others , broke apart in flames on Sat. 1 Feb 2003 ,killing all seven on board. Kalpana Chawla said that never dreamed, as a child in Karnal, that she would cross the frontiers of space . After a Bachelor of Science degree aeronautical engineering , she went for a masters degree to the United states of America . She was the first IndianAmerican woman astronaut , who participated in a successeul mission in space .

 Kalpana Chawla was born in Karnal, Haryana, but she was a U.S. citizen married to flight instructor Jean Pierre Harrison, in 1994. She was selected by NASA for training as an astronaut. Kalpanas first space mission in the space shuttle, Columbia, was 15 days,16 hours and 34 minutes long. During this time she went 250 times, traveling 10.45 millions km.

On the Saturday night when the news about the Columbia disaster broke, there was shock and disbelief

For millions of young Indians, the story of Kalpana Chawla, a girl from a small town who touched the skies, had become an inspiration.

 Finding words for given meanings in the box : (A) never happened or existed in the past (B) the height above the sea level (C) an air craft that travels between two places (D) to send something out (E) natural calamity
Contd

 (F) containing a lot of information (G) to satisfy Shuttle, launch, altitude Disaster, fulfil, knowledge unprecedented, encyclopaedic

2. Matching words of the same meaning :A (a)Unprecendented space tragedy (b) Certified flight instructor (c) Space mission (d) Super specialisation B something that causes feelings of respect and wonder having knowledge of a wide variety of subjects nowadays in these times a set of jobs to be done in space by a group

A (e) Encyclopaedic knowledge

B a person with the corr ect qualification to teach people to fly planes

(f) Awe-inspiring

a sad accident of a kind that has never happened before in space

(g) In this age

great expertise in a limited field or particular subject

3. Forming opposites by adding un for e.g. True or untrue

(i)identified-------------- (ii)successful -----------------------(iii)important------------(iv)educated-----------------------(v) answerable-------------- (vi) insteresting--------------

4. Matching opposites:A (i)Over (ii) Lost (iii)Married B Unfortunately bachelor Below

5. Given below are some words that are spelt differently in British and American English.Fill in the blanks accordingly:-

British (i)Colour (ii) _________ (iii) __________ (iv) Counsellor (v) Centre (vi) ___________

American _____________ Labor Traveler _________________ ___________________ Theater

6. Suffixes
(i) Sleepless

----

Sleep+less Success+ful House+hold

(i) Successful (ii) Household

7. Pick out the Nouns from the following:(i) Columbia. (II) India (iii) America (iv) Chandigarh (V) NASA (vi) Karnal (vii) Haryana (viii) Ukrain

Kalpana Chawla___________________________________________Tagore school

Q. 1 What was Kalpana Chawla ? Q.2 Did her parents allow her to attend engineering college ? Q3 What did Kalpana Chawla never dream of? Q.4 From where did she complete her graduation? Q.5 Find a word in the passage which means permitted?

Kalpana_____________________________an astronaut

Q.1 Where was Kalpana born ? Q.2 To whom was she married ? Q.3 Was she also a flight instructor ? Q.4 when was Kalpana selected by NASA for training as an astronaut ? Q.5 Find a word in the passage which means

Kalpanas first space mission_______________________56 millon Dollars

Q.1 Name the shuttle in which Kalpana was in the space? Q.2 For how many days did she stay in the space? Q.3 How many times did she go around the earth? Q.4 who were other astronauts in the crew? Q.5 what did the crew perform in the space? Q.6 Find the opposite of weaker in passage.

Short Answer Type Questions:- (in about 30-40 words) Q.1. Who was Kalpana Chawla? Q.2. Where was she born? Q.3. Why was she called a naturalised U.S. citizen? Q.4. When was she selected by NASA for astronautal training? Q.5. How long was the shuttle, Columbia in space? Q.6. What did the astronauts perform after reaching in space? Q.7. Is Kalpana dead or alive today? Q.8. What did the journalist write about kalpana?

Long Answer Type Questions: (In about 6080 words)

Q.1. How did Kalpana become an astronaut? Q.2. Describe Kalpanas first space mission. Q.3. What is her message to the students of Chandigarh?

Activity:-

Q1:- Who is she? Q.2 Write a paragraph about Sunita Williams.

Indebtedness to--- DR(MRS)SUDHA SHARMA Dy.Commissioner, NVS, R.O LKO Mr.A.K.SHUKLA Asst.Commissioner,NVS,R.O LKO MR. Tej Sagar Principal JNV Almora MR. Vikram Joshi Principal JNV U. S. Nagar MS.VEENA RAWAT P G T ENGLISH, JNV UTTARKASHI .

Presented By Group 6
Mr. M. Lal, JNV Mau Mr. Umesh Chaubey, JNV Lucknow Mr. R.B. Maurya, JNV Firozabad Mr. Haminder Singh, JNV Pithoragarh Mrs. Shabana, JNV Firozabad Miss Rajeshwari Yadav, JNV Saharanpur