Andhra Pradesh-born astronaut Sirisha Bandla will be flying to space with UK billionaire and founder of the Virgin Galactic company Richard Branson on July 11, 2021.
Bandla will be taking care of the researcher's experience on the Unity22 mission. She will be one of the six space travellers aboard 'VSS Unity' of Virgin Galactic, scheduled to take off to space from New Mexico alongside the founder of Virgin Galactic Richard Branson.
The 34-year-old aeronautical engineer said she was "incredibly honoured" to be part of the Unity22 mission crew.
She became the third Indian origin woman to fly into space after Kalpana Chawla and Sunita Williams.
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