Sirisha Bandla
Sirisha Bandla | |
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| Born | Guntur, Andhra Pradesh, India |
| 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 | Commercial Astronaut |
Time in space | 14 min 17 seconds |
| Selection | Virgin Galactic |
| Missions | Virgin Galactic Unity 22 |
Mission insignia | |
Sirisha Bandla (born 1988) is a Telugu American aeronautical engineer and commercial astronaut. She is the Vice President of Government Affairs and Research Operations for Virgin Galactic. 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.