At last she returned. After spending more than nine months at the International Space Station Sunita Williams returned to the Earth with Butch Wilmore. She went there for a short trip of eight days but due to unexpected delays she stayed there for 286 days. The SpaceX’ s Dragon Freedom capsule spacecraft carried her to the Earth on 19th March, 2025 and splashed down off the Florida coast near Tallahassee at 3:27 IST .
Astronaut Nick Hague and Aleksandr Grebyonkin also returned with them . They were also part of the rescue plan of NASA and SpaceX and went to the International Space Station in December. Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore had circled the Earth for 4576 times and travelled 121 million miles by the time of splashdown. Now they will be under NASA’s 45 days post mission rehabilitation program to overcome the physical problems due to their mission.
A . Read the passage and answer the questions below – 2+1+1=4
1 . Who returned to the Earth along with Sunita Williams ?
2 . How many times Sunita Williams circled the Earth ?
3. How many days Sunita Williams spent at the International Space Station?
B. Fill in the blanks with suitable information from the passage – 1×3=3
1 . The spacecraft that brought Sunita Williams back to the Earth ———————–.
2. Sunita and Butch came back on ——————————–.
3. They splashed down off ———————.
C. Write ‘T’ for true and ‘F’ for false sentences and provide Supporting Statement – 2×3=6
1 . Sunita and Butch travelled more than 120 million miles by the time of splashdown.
Supporting Statement –
2 . Sunita and Butch will not need any rehabilitation program .
Supporting Statement –
3. They went to the Space Station for a trip of one month
Supporting Statement –
D. Give a suitable title to the passage and provide reason to choose the title.      2
Writing Skills –
1 . Write a newspaper report based on the return of Sunita Williams from the International Space Station.   10
2. Write a short paragraph on the return of Sunita Williams from the Space Station. 10
3. Write a dialogue between two friends about the journey of Sunita Williams from Space to the Earth.    10
4. Write a notice for the students as the Head of the Science Department of your institution informing them to attend a seminar on the journey of Sunita Williams.   10
