Kathryn D. Sullivan

Shashank Raj Gupta
(personality)Kathryn D

Question: In June 2020, who became the world’s first woman to reach the deepest known spot,the Challenger Deep in Mariana Trench?
(a) Sally Ride
(b) Margaret H. Wright
(c) Shannon W. Lucid
(d) Kathryn D. Sullivan
Answer :(d)
Related facts:

  • Former NASA astronaut and geologist, Kathryn D. Sullivan became the first woman to reach the deepest known spot in the planet, called the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench.
  • She is also the first American woman to walk in space in 1984.
  • Also, she became the only person to walk-in space and descend to the deepest point.

The Mariana Trench:

  • The Mariana Trench is a crescent shaped deepest oceanic trench in the world.
  • It is located in the western Pacific Ocean about 200 kilometres east of the Mariana Islands
  • The Challenger Deep, in the southern end of the Mariana Trench (sometimes called the Marianas Trench), is the deepest spot in the ocean.

By-Amar Mani Upadhyay

Links:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidbressan/2020/06/09/geologist-and-former-nasa-astronaut-becomes-first-woman-to-reach-earths-deepest-point/#1bbfb6486c1d
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenger_Deep