Indian-Origin Sirisha Bandla Finally Went To Space Last Night On Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity 22 Spacecraft
Sirisha Bandla, vice president of government affairs and research operations at Branson¡¯s Virgin Galactic flew to space with Richard Branson and others.
Dreams really came true for Indian-origin aeronautical engineer Sirisha Bandla who finally flew to space on Sunday, 11 July and became the third woman of Indian origin to travel to space.
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She is among the five people who are part of billionaire Richard Branson's flight Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo Unity to make a journey to the edge of space from New Mexico.
The official Twitter handle of Branson's Virgin Galactic shared videos of the crew members including Bandla hopping and jumping in zero gravity in space.
In the video, Branson said, "To the next generation, if we can do this imagine what you can do. "
"To all you kids down there..." - @RichardBranson's message from zero gravity. #Unity22
¡ª Virgin Galactic (@virgingalactic) July 11, 2021
Watch the livestream: https://t.co/5UalYT7Hjb pic.twitter.com/lYXHNsDQcU
People on the internet have been more than proud of Bandla's journey into space and super excited to follow this journey.
It's a proud moment for indian@SirishaBandla Garu 3rd Indian -Origin woman to go space and Successful Reached at Home ? ?
¡ª Allari Naresh Trends? (@NareshFanTrends) July 11, 2021
Congrats ? ??#SirishaBandla pic.twitter.com/WjWsPpn476
#SirishaBandla congratulations@SirishaBandla takes off in #Unity22 with #RichardBranson & Crew.
¡ª Subodh Srivastava ?? (@SuboSrivastava) July 12, 2021
She is the 3rd Indian women after Kalpana Chawla and Sunita Williams to travel to space.
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¡ª Meenakshi Kandwal (@MinakshiKandwal) July 12, 2021
#SirishaBandla became the second India-born woman to fly into space ??? pic.twitter.com/gBiESFcR7i
¡ª saurabh _shukla 542 (@shukla_sau542) July 12, 2021
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Earlier, Bandla had shared how excited she is to be a part of this crew and couldn't wait to commence with this journey.
I am so incredibly honored 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. https://t.co/sPrYy1styc
¡ª Sirisha Bandla (@SirishaBandla) July 2, 2021
Hailing from Andhra Pradesh, Bandla has become the third Indian-origin woman to fly to space after astronauts Kalpana Chawla and Sunita Williams.
Watch the full live stream of Virgin Galactic Unity 22 launch here
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