WHO IS SIRISHA BANDLA ?

WHO IS SIRISHA BANDLA ?

AN AERONAUTICAL ENGINEER BORN IN THE GUNTUR DISTRICT OF ANDHRA PRADESH BECAME THE SECOND INDIA BORN WOMAN ASTRONAUT TO JOURNEY SPACE IN VIRGIN GALACTIC SPACE FLIGHT 22. THE 34 YEARS OLD IS ONBOARD WITH RICHARD BRANSON AN ENGLISH BUSINESS MAGNET AND FOUNDER OF VIRGIN GROUP, FOUR OTHER CREW MEMBERS.

  • VALENTINA VLADIMIROVNA TERESHKOVA- THE 26 YEARS OLD SOVIET COSMONAUT BECAME FIRST AND THE YOUNGEST WOMAN TO HAVE FLOWN IN SPACE IN SOLO MISSION ON THE VOSTOK-6 MISSION JUNE 16, 1963.
  • KALPANA CHAWLA- SHE BECAME FIRST INDIA BORN ASTRONAUT AND ALSO FIRST WOMAN OF INDIAN ORIGIN TO HAVE FLOWN IN SPACE. IN 1997 SHE WENT ON HER FIRST MISSION IN COLUMBIA SPACE CRAFT. SHE DIED IN 2003 IN SHUTTLE COLUMBIA DISASTER.
  • SUNITA LYN WILLIAMS- THE SECOND WOMAN OF INDIAN ORIGIN WHO TRAVELED SPACE. SHE WAS BORN IN EUCLID, OHIO. WILLIAMS SPENT 322 DAYS 50 HOURS AND 40 MINUTES IN SPACE AND IT WAS A WORLD RECORD. THIS RECORD WAS BROKEN BY HER COUNTRY WOMAN ASTRONAUT PEGGY ANNETTE WHITSON SHE SPENT 665 DAYS 22 HOURS 22 MINUTES.

Madhvendra Mishra

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