Bacbendri Pal
Mt. Everest
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We reported to the IMF in New Delhi at tr:beginning of December 1983. For near
five weeks, the seven female mountaineers
were put through a gruelling traini n:
programme. We spent hours in the gymnasium in toughening up our abdomina.
dorsal and other climbing muscle s
There was also plenty of bendin g
and stretching with rhythmic breathing
exercises.
Prolonged swimming and jogging helped
build up our stamina and improved lung
functioning for the maximum use of oxygen
under physiological stress.
"Then at the height of winter in January
1984, Lt. Col. Prem Chand, an uncompromising trainer, took us to Gulmarg and for
a month he made us climb up and down
steep slopes covered with deep snow."
Ride on a Spacecraft
Ursa Minor
Ursa Major
Scorpio
Orion
STAR FACT
Space touri~m i~ becoming popular
nowaday~. Denni~ Tito, an American
became the ti~t ~pace touri~t in 2001.
Another main object visible at night is the
moon. In addition to it, there are star-like
Ursa .Major
Ursa M\nor
Indians in Space
Rakesh Sharma was born on 14 January,
1949, at Patiala, Punjab. When he grew up,
Scorpio
Orion
STAR FACT
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99.
alpana Chawla
Sunita William is an
American astronaut
and United States
Navy officer. She is of
Indian origin. She
holds the record of
the longest space
flight (195 days) among female space
travellers. She also held two other
records for women space travellers most number of spacewalks (4 as
of 15th July 2012) and total time
spent on spacewalks (29 hours
and 17 minutes) - until these records
. surpassed by Peggy Whitson.
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Tasks for SA
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Tasks for FA
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3. How many Indian women astronauts have successfully reached the outer
space?
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SUN
Round Trips
How many trips around the sun has the earth made
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-since you were born? It is easy to figure out. Your
birthday is the day that the earth is back at the same
place it was on the day you were born. If you are ten years old, you have been on
ten complete trips around the sun. How many trips around the sun have your
parents made?
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