India-origin woman Sirisha Bandla will travel to the edge of the space aboard ‘VSS Unity’ of Virgin Galactic, which is scheduled to fly off on July 11 from New Mexico. Bandla, the vice-president of government affairs at Virgin Galactic in Washington DC, will travel alongside his boss and the group's founder, billionaire Richard Branson and four others in the company's spaceflight. https://t.co/sPrYy1styc — Sirisha Bandla (@SirishaBandla) July 2, 2021Former Andhra Pradesh chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu also congratulated the astronautical engineer on Twitter. On July 11th, Sirisha Bandla with Telugu roots is set to fly to space aboard VSS Unity with Richard Branson and the team marking the dawn of the new space age, making all Indians proud!," the Chief Minister tweeted. On July 11, it's time to turn that dream into a reality aboard the next @VirginGalactic spaceflight," Branson tweeted while making the announcement.

Source: Hindustan Times July 04, 2021 07:41 UTC