New Delhi: Andhra Pradesh-born Sirisha Bandla on Sunday became the third third-American woman to fly into space when she joined British billionaire Richard Branson and four others on the Virgin Galactic spacecraft.
Bandla joined Branson and four others to travel to the edge of the transport room from New Mexico, USA.
The crew reached a height of about 88 kilometers above the New Mexico desert, experienced a few minutes without weight before making offspring smooth back to earth.
“I’m still still there but it’s very happy to be here.
I tried to think of a word that was better than the extraordinary but it was the only word that could appear …
Seeing the earth’s view so life -Changing but also increasing the kicking rocket motorbike .
The whole trip to space and back is amazing, “said Bandla to NBC News.
Bandla was born in the Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh and grew up in Houston, Texas.
He was Vice President Virgin Galactic for the relationship between the government and women from the third Indian to fly into space after Kalpana Chawla and Sunita Williams.
During the flight, Bandla is scheduled to conduct experiments designed by NASA involving micro plants.
Bandla grows in Houston near Johnson NASA’s space center and always wants to be an astronaut.
But because of his poor vision, he cannot meet the requirements to become a pilot or astronaut for NASA.
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I took a very unconventional way to go into space and I believe that many people will be able to experience this.
That is why we are here,” he said.
After a successful spaceflight, Branson brought Indian-Americans on his shoulders while celebrating their flight into space at Spaceport America in New Mexico.
“I have dreamed about this moment since I was little but went into space more magically than I had ever imagined,” he said.
Richard Branson began Virgin Galactic in 2004 with the aim of flying private citizens to the edge of the room.
The trip was designed to allow passengers to experience three to four minutes without weight and observe the curvature of the earth.