Kalpana Chawla was first Indian-origin to fly high to space. Now once again Indian-born woman, namely Sirisha Bandla become the second to fly into space later this month.

Bandla will be one of the six space travellers aboard ?VSS Unity? of Virgin Galactic, scheduled to blast off to space on July 11 from New Mexico. She will be part of the six-member crew alongside the founder of Virgin Galactic Richard Branson. In this crew, Bandla?s role will be of a researcher experience. The spaceflight will make the 34-year-old aeronautical engineer, who graduated from Purdue University. She is also the fourth Indian to fly into space.

I am so incredibly honored to be a part of the amazing crew of #Unity22, and to be a part of a company whose mission is to make space available to all. https://t.co/sPrYy1styc

? Sirisha Bandla (@SirishaBandla) July 2, 2021

The Virgin Galactic mission will take off nine days ahead of the departure of billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos? trip to space. Sharing the news on her Twitter, Bandla shared she was ?incredibly honoured? to be part of the crew.

Talking about Bandla, she was born in Guntur, Andhra Pradesh and grew up in Houston, Texas. Bandla started working at Virgin Galactic in 2015 and is currently vice president of government affairs at the company. Not only this, she is a graduate in aeronautical engineering from Purdue University and also holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Georgetown University. Sirisha is preceded by Rakesh Sharma, Kalpana Chawla and Sunita Williams.

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