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Family of Indian-American astronaut on Virgin Galactic crew ‘happy and overwhelmed’
GUNTUR, India: The grandfather of an Indian-American astronaut said he was “overwhelmed with joy” as she prepares to become only the second Indian-born woman to visit space. Sirisha Bandla, 33, who was born in Guntur district of India’s southern Andhra Pradesh state, will be a part of billionaire entrepreneur Richard Branson’s Virgin Galactic’s test flight on July 11 that will travel beyond the edge of the earth’s atmosphere. A successful flight by Branson aboard Virgin’s VSS Unity spaceplane would mark a milestone in the race to usher in a new era of private commercial space travel. Branson’s mission will be the 22nd flight test for VSS Unity, and the company’s fourth crewed spaceflight. B

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