Telugu-American girl to fly into space
The Hindu
Virgin Galactic is launching its test spaceflight on July 11
She is strongly connected to her roots in Andhra Pradesh but her ambition of flying is now taking her to the skies. Sirisha Bandla will be the second India-born girl to go into the space and the first Telugu girl to do so as she is set to take off on Virgin Galactic’s winged rocket ship from New Mexico on July 11. Kalpana Chawla was the first Indian-born woman astronaut to go into space. Born in Guntur, she is part of Virgin Galactic, a leading American private space agency, that will launch its spacecraft next weekend. The team includes English business magnate Sir Richard Branson. Sirisha, who is in her early 30s, and Beth Moses will be the two females in the crew among the six Virgin Galactic employees on the trip.More Related News
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