Houston: Sirisha Bandla who is part of six space travellers aboard ‘VSS Unity’ of Virgin Galactic will become the second India-born woman to fly into space after Kalpana Chawla. Sirisha Bandla was born in Andhra Pradesh’s Guntur district was brought up in Houston.
A Virgin Galactic test flight is all set to travel to the edge of space on 11 July and billionaire Richard Branson will also be a part of the six-member team of ‘VSS Unity’.which is scheduled to take off to space on 11 July from New Mexico.
“I am so incredibly honoured to be a part of the amazing crew of Unity22, and to be a part of a company whose mission is to make space available to all,” she posted.
