Discussion
Consider the following statements A and B.
Statement A : In 1969, Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon.
Statement B : In 2007, Kalpana Chawla set a new record for the longest space flight by a woman.
Select the correct code from the following :
Answer: A
The answer is A is correct but B is wrong.
Statement A is correct. Neil Armstrong, commander of Apollo 11, became the first person to walk on the Moon on 20-21 July 1969, followed by Buzz Aldrin.
Statement B is wrong. Kalpana Chawla died in February 2003, when the space shuttle Columbia broke up on re-entry, so she could not have set a record in 2007. The woman who set the record for the longest single spaceflight by a woman in 2007 was Sunita Williams, during her stay on the International Space Station.
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