Shirisha Bandla scripts history as third Indian-origin woman to fly into space

Andhra Pradesh-born Shirisha Bandla will be one of the six space travellers aboard 'VSS Unity' of Virgin Galactic, scheduled to take off to space on July 11

Aeronautical engineer Sirisha Bandla on Sunday became the third Indian-origin woman to fly into space when she joined British billionaire Richard Branson on Virgin Galactic's first fully crewed suborbital test flight from New Mexico. Virgin Galactic's VSS Unity, as the spaceplane is called, took off for the 1.5-hour mission above New Mexico following a 90-minute delay due to bad weather.