Wednesday, July 18, 2012

Quiz of the Day - 18 July 2012

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Let's take up some celestial objects for the daily quiz.
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The photograph on the right hand side was captured by an amateur photographer over the sky of Texas, United States of America. It was taken on 1st February 2003 and captures a historic event that had an Indian connection.
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The question is divided in to two parts. The first part - Which event has been captured in the photo? And, the second part - What is the Indian connection with the event?
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You can leave your answer as comment below this post. You can also mail your answer to shovon76[at]gmail[dot]com. The comments will be moderated for a period of 24 hours and will be published along with the answer on 19 July 2012.
Cheers!
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Answer: Time for the answer. The picture was captured by an amateur photographer over Texas, on 1st February 2003. The fireballs are the debris from Space Shuttle Columbia, which had burst in to flames at the time of reentry in to the Earth's atmosphere. The India connection is Kalpana Chawla, who was a member of the mission crew and perished with all others.
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Congratulations to Ali for getting this right!

1 comment:

  1. Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster in which Indian Kalpana Chawla died who was the crew member.

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