# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sirisha-bandla
# Generated: 2026-08-15T06:39:25.636Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sirisha-bandla"
name: "Sirisha Bandla"
slug: "sirisha-bandla"
description: "Sirisha Bandla is an American aeronautical engineer and commercial astronaut. She was the Vice President of Government Affairs and Research Operations for Virgin Galactic. She flew on the Virgin Galactic Unity 22 mission which made her the second India-born woman to go to space and the fourth person of Indian descent ever to go past the line of space after Rakesh Sharma, Kalpana Chawla and Sunita Williams."
tagline: "Indian-American aeronautical engineer and commercial astronaut"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/50/US_-_FAA_Astronaut_Wings_version_2.png/330px-US_-_FAA_Astronaut_Wings_version_2.png"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
profileType:
  name: "Other"
  slug: "other"
livingStatus: "UNKNOWN"
scores:
  popularity:           45.82
  momentum:             3.387096774193548
  historical:           8.821384
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     80
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/SirishaBandla"
    handle:    "SirishaBandla"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/sirishabandla/"
    handle:    "sirishabandla"
  - platform:  "LINKEDIN"
    url:       "https://www.linkedin.com/in/sirisha-bandla/"
    handle:    "sirisha-bandla"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm12736413/"
    handle:    "nm12736413"
sources:
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%B1%DB%8C%D8%B4%D8%A7_%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%AF%D9%84%D8%A7"
    title: "سریشا بندلا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://as.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A6%B8%E0%A6%BF%E0%A7%B0%E0%A7%80%E0%A6%B7%E0%A6%BE_%E0%A6%AC%E0%A6%BE%E0%A6%A3%E0%A7%8D%E0%A6%A1%E0%A6%B2%E0%A6%BE"
    title: "সিৰীষা বাণ্ডলা"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirisha_Bandla"
    title: "Sirisha Bandla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirisha_Bandla"
    title: "Sirisha Bandla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirisha_Bandla"
    title: "Sirisha Bandla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirisha_Bandla"
    title: "Sirisha Bandla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirisha_Bandla"
    title: "Sirisha Bandla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ml.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B4%B8%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B0%E0%B4%BF%E0%B4%B7_%E0%B4%AC%E0%B4%BE%E0%B5%BB%E0%B4%A1%E0%B5%8D%E0%B4%B2"
    title: "സിരിഷ ബാൻഡ്ല"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirisha_Bandla"
    title: "Sirisha Bandla"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%9A%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B7%E0%AE%BE_%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%A3%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%9F%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BE"
    title: "சிரிஷா பண்ட்லா"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://te.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B0%B6%E0%B0%BF%E0%B0%B0%E0%B1%80%E0%B0%B7_%E0%B0%AC%E0%B0%82%E0%B0%A1%E0%B1%8D%E0%B0%B2"
    title: "శిరీష బండ్ల"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q107458746"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump