1/ Indian-origin #SirishaBandla will become the 2nd Indian-born woman after Kalpana Chawla to fly into space later this month.
Sirisga a will be one of the six space travellers aboard ‘VSS Unity’ of Virgin Galactic, scheduled to blast off to space on July 11 from New Mexico.
2/ As part of the six-member crew alongside the founder of Virgin Galactic Richard Branson, her role will be that of a researcher experience.
3/ Sirisha was born in Guntur in Andhra Pradesh. Her grandfather Dr Bandla Ragaiah worked as a Principal Scientist in the Acharya N G Ranga Agriculture University, in Guntur. Her maternal grandfather R Venkata Narasaiah worked as a college lecturer in Chirala.
4/ Her father Dr Bandla Muralidhar did PhD in Virology from Oklahoma University in the USA and is a member of senior executive service in the US government.
“We all are very proud of her and wishing her safe travels!’’ said Sirisha’s relative Ramarao Kanneganti.
5/ During her stay in the US, Sirisha has also been closely associated with the Telugu Association of North America (TANA), which is the oldest and biggest Indo-American organization in North America.
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