Indian-American aeronautical engineer and commercial astronaut (born 1988)
Sirisha Bandla
శిరీష బండ్ల
Born
Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India[1]
Status
Active
Nationality
American
Alma mater
Purdue University, George Washington University
Space career
Current occupation
Vice President of Government Affairs and Research Operations, Virgin Galactic
Previous occupation
Space tourist
Time in space
14 min 17 seconds
Selection
Virgin Galactic
Missions
Virgin Galactic Unity 22
Mission insignia
Sirisha Bandla (Telugu: శిరీష బండ్ల; c. 1988) is an Indian-American aeronautical engineer and space tourist.[2] She is the Vice President of Government Affairs and Research Operations for Virgin Galactic.[3] She flew on the Virgin Galactic Unity 22 mission which made her the second India-born woman to go to space and the fourth person of Indian descent ever to go past the line of space after Rakesh Sharma, Kalpana Chawla and Sunita Williams.[4][5][6]
^"Meet Sirisha Bandla: India-born woman set to go to space alongside Richard Branson". The Economic Times. July 10, 2021. Retrieved July 25, 2021.
^Fisher, Kristin (10 December 2021). "First on CNN: The US gives Bezos, Branson and Shatner their astronaut wings". CNN. Retrieved 10 December 2021. The US government is making it official, Jeff Bezos, Richard Branson, and William Shatner have earned the title of astronaut after their flights to the edge of space. The Federal Aviation Administration will also award Commercial Space Astronaut Wings to 12 other people who have flown at least 50 miles above Earth on a FAA licensed commercial spacecraft, including the crew of SpaceX's Inspiration4 mission. The FAA will award wings to eight people who flew on Blue Origin's New Shepherd spacecraft, three who flew on Virgin Galactic's SpaceShipTwo, and to the four members of the SpaceX crew who spent three days in space in September.
^"Exclusive: Sirisha Bandla's Proud Grandfather on Second India-Born Woman in Space". The Better India. 2021-07-06. Retrieved 2021-07-25.
^"Sirisha Bandla: India celebrates woman who flew on Virgin Galactic". BBC News. 2021-07-12. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
^"Family of Indian-American astronaut on Virgin Galactic crew "happy and overwhelmed"". Reuters. 2021-07-05. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
^Madhok, Diksha (12 July 2021). "Sirisha Bandla, India-born woman and Virgin Galactic executive, flies into space with Richard Branson". CNN. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
SirishaBandla (Telugu: శిరీష బండ్ల; c. 1988) is an Indian-American aeronautical engineer and space tourist. She is the Vice President of Government Affairs...
Kalpana Chawla, Sunita Williams and Raja Chari – flew as NASA astronauts. SirishaBandla is the first and only Indian-born woman to make a suborbital flight...
consisted of pilots David Mackay and Michael Masucci as well as passengers SirishaBandla, Colin Bennett, Beth Moses, and Richard Branson. On 7 June 2021, Jeff...
15:04 UTC Success Mach 3.2 86 km (53 mi) David Mackay, Michael Masucci, SirishaBandla, Colin Bennett, Beth Moses and Richard Branson VSS Unity Unity 25 25...
Rao, Sandhya and Sirisha's father Jhansi as Aishwarya, Ganesh's elder sister Raja Ravindra as Karthik, Ganesh's brother-in-law Bandla Ganesh as Ravi, Ganesh's...
York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City SirishaBandla - Second India-born woman to go to space through Virgin Galactic Unity...
four passengers were Richard Branson, Beth Moses, Colin Bennett and SirishaBandla. The flight was initially claimed to be successful but it was later...
Raghunath Pandharipande, physicist Vineeta Rastogi, public health worker SirishaBandla, space engineer Amit Patel, cardiovascular surgeon and stem cell researcher;...
family, including his father Steve Isakowitz, and former colleague SirishaBandla in 2017. Between 2017 and 2024, the program offered students paid summer...
tourism flight Virgin Galactic Unity 22 David Mackay, Michael Masucci, SirishaBandla, Colin Bennet, Beth Moses, Richard Branson United States October 5,...
the first commercial astronaut woman to go to space (sub-orbital). SirishaBandla also flew on Virgin Galactic in July 2021. Wally Funk, member of the...
undertake an all-female EVA.(Oct 18, 2019) Soyuz MS-15 (Sep. 25, 2019) 66 SirishaBandla C. 1988 United States Vice President of Government Affairs and Research...
July 2021 Success TBD 86 km (53 mi) David Mackay, Michael Masucci, SirishaBandla, Colin Bennett, Beth Moses, and Sir Richard Branson VSS Unity Unity...
pandemic. On 11 July 2021, Richard Branson took a flight with Beth Moses, SirishaBandla and Colin Bennett and reached edge of space (86 kilometers or 53 miles)...
Hongbo, – China Unity: David Mackay, Michael Masucci, Beth Moses - USA SirishaBandla – USA/India Richard Branson, Colin Bennett – United Kingdom Soyuz MS-18...
Rao Chalapathi Rao Satyaprakash Ranganath Venu Madhav Tirupathi Prakash Bandla Ganesh Kallu Chidambaram The music was composed by Koti. The songs were...
Rao as Sirisha's father Telangana Shakuntala as Sirish's mother Ali Uttej in a cameo Gundu Hanumantha Rao Ananth Babu Prabhakar Rajitha Bandla Ganesh...
degrees. Neil A. Armstrong, B.S. in Aeronautical Engineering, 1955 SirishaBandla, B.S. in Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering, 2011 John E. Blaha...
from New Mexico 22 11 July 2021 86.1 km (53.5 mi) Mackay / Masucci / SirishaBandla, Colin Bennett, Beth Moses, Richard Branson First fully crewed flight...
Galactic Unity 22 VSS Unity 11.06.2021 David Mackay, Michael Masucci, SirishaBandla, Colin Bennett, Beth Moses, Richard Branson Success 14 Blue Origin NS-16...
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