1. Which space shuttle did Kalpana’s first mission take place? 2. Besides Kalpana who else did the crew include?

Question

Read the following passages and answer the questions given below them:

Kalpana’s first space mission in the space shuttle, Columbia, was 15 days, 16 hours and 34 minutes long. During this time she went around the earth 252 times, travelling 10.45 million kilometres! The crew included a Japanese and a Ukranian astronaut. The crew performed experiments such as pollinating plants to observe food growth in space and tests for making stranger metals and faster computer chips-all for a price tag of about 56 million dollars.

1. Which space shuttle did Kalpana’s first mission take place?

2. Besides Kalpana who else did the crew include?

3. What experiments did the crew perform ?

4. What was the price tag given to the entire mission?

Answer 1

1. Kalpana’s first mission took place if the space shuttle ‘Columbia’.

2. Besides Kalpana, the crew members included a Japanese and a Ukranian astronaut.

3. The crew performed experiments such as pollinating plants to observe food growth in space, and tests for making stronger metals and faster computer chips.

4. The price tag given to the entire mission was of about 56 million dollars.