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Aeronautical engineer Shirisha Bandla becomes third Indian-origin woman to fly into space
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Billionaires, livestreams and Stephen Colbert: Welcome to a new era of space flight Denise Chow
A new kind of space race is set to begin this weekend.
British entrepreneur and Virgin group founder Richard Branson will attempt to fly to space Sunday aboard his company s rocket-powered vehicle. It would mark the culmination of 17 years of work by his space tourism firm, Virgin Galactic.
The launches so close to each other add drama to what some see as a race to space between the two billionaires, even as Branson, 70, has downplayed any rivalry.
“I know nobody will believe me when I say it but honestly there’s isn’t” a competition, he said in a recent interview on NBC s “TODAY” show.
This combination file photo shows Richard Branson (L) and Jeff Bezos (R). Reuters
WASHINGTON: The era of space tourism is set to soar, with highly symbolic flights by rivals Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin scheduled just days apart.
Virgin Galactic founded by flamboyant British billionaire Richard Branson is planning for a July 11 space flight. Blue Origin started by Jeff Bezos of Amazon fame is set to blast off on July 20.
The two companies will serve the nascent market for suborbital flights lasting just a few minutes, long enough for passengers to experience weightlessness and view the contour of the planet.
Indian-origin aeronautical engineer Sirisha Bandla set to fly into space on Virgin Galactic spacecraft
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Last Updated: Jul 10, 2021, 04:55 PM IST
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Bandla, who was born in Guntur district in Andhra Pradesh and brought up in Houston, Texas, will join Sir Richard Branson, the company s billionaire founder, and five others on board Virgin Galactic s SpaceShipTwo Unity to make a journey to the edge of space from New Mexico.
Meet Sirisha Bandla: India-born woman set to go to space alongside Richard Branson
Sirisha Bandla, a 34-year-old aeronautical engineer, is set to become the third Indian-origin woman to head to space when she flies as part of Virgin Galactic s first fully crewed flight test on Sunday.
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