Sirisha Bandla, India-born woman flew on Virgin Galactic to space with 'Richard Branson'
48531-Dec-2021
India’s ‘Acche Din’ came with new possibilities and hope, every Indian is feeling proud of sirisha Bandla, who flew into space with the ‘Virgin Galactic’ and became the executive member of the mission.
Sirisha Bandla is designated as Vice President of government affairs and research operations at Virgin Galactic (SPCE), flew into the sky early Sunday, over New Mexico along with Richard Branson and two other employees, Beth Moses and Colin Bennett.
Highlighted Facts
- Indian origin woman Sirisha Bandla flew into space and became the ‘Virgin Galactic Executive’.
- Sirisha Bandla became the third Indian Origin Woman after the Kalpana Chawla and Sunita Williams.
- Vice President of India celebrated the journey by Indian Origin Women by a tweet about the felicitations on Twitter.
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Bandla is an Indian Origin Woman who flew into space was born in Andhra Pradesh, southern India, and started working with Virgin Galactic in 2015.
In the country of India, everyone from great politicians to business tycoon billionaires is praising Sirisha Bandla in the accomplishment of the journey of space.
“Sirisha, from the beginning, she was fascinated towards the sky, looking at the sky, space, how to enter space and what is there,” said Grandfather of Sirisha.
The information regarding the flight, by Sirisha on her Twitter account, was given in the earlier month. In which she told that she will be part of the five crew members on board the rocket.
Vice President of India
The country’s Vice President, Venkaiah Naidu also congratulated the sirisha for the fight that sparked the excitement in India. President also tweeted the felicitation and told them that she will be the role model for girls everywhere.
As the sound of Roar of her flight was listened by many great person’s ears. Similarly, the billionaire Anand Mahindra also congratulated the women and said that flight is a sign that India’s women are “breaking glass ceilings” everywhere.
As India became the country from where many civilians are roaming the space but, still space exploration has been marked with low budget but ambitious missions. Now India is also trying to compete with other countries as many other Asian countries are trying to increase their scope in space exploration.
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Updated on 31-Dec-2021
