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Question
Look at Sunita’s photographs and the dates written on each of them. Write what all is happening and when?
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Solution
| Date | Event |
| 09-12-2006 | The spacecraft is taking off |
| 11-12-2006 | Astronauts are floating inside the spacecraft |
| 11-12-2006 | Astronauts are taking food |
| 13-12-2006 | Sunita is working |
| 16-12-2006 | Sunita is roaming outside the spacecraft |
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