Human space flight

Sirisha Bandla is the second Indian-origin woman to head to space as part of Richard Branson's Virgin Glactic crew on VSS Unity. Her paternal grandfather, Ragaiah Bandla (85), tells us about Sirisha's childhood and visits to India.

ISRO's former chairman K Kasturirangan has said that the space agency is working on the improvement of its rocket GSLV-Mark III so that it can be used for human space flight missions.