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From Guntur to zero-gravity: Sirisha Bandla is 3rd Indian-origin woman to fly into space

12/07/2021 09:56 AM | Click to read full article

Aeronautical engineer Sirisha Bandla on Sunday became the third Indian-American woman to fly into space when she joined British billionaire Richard Branson on Virgin Galactic's first fully-crewed successful suborbital test flight from the US state of New Mexico.

They reached an altitude of about 88 kilometres over the New Mexico desert - enough to see the curvature of the Earth.

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