Blue Origin, an area startup based and funded by Jeff Bezos, launched its first all-female crew into house on Monday. The flight included six ladies, together with Bezos’ fiancee Lauren Sanchez, broadcast journalist Gale King and pop star Katy Perry, headed to house on Blue Origin’s new Shepherd Rocket.
The journey took about 11 minutes and the crew skilled 4 minutes of weightlessness. Earlier than touchdown within the Texas Desert, the rocket reached its most top of 62 miles on Earth, reaching the Kalman Line, an invisible boundary that defines the tip of Earth’s ambiance and the start of house.
“I actually do not have a phrase for it,” the emotional Sanchez advised Blue Origins in a post-flight webcast. “I am very pleased with this crew.”
Sanchez stated he felt “pleasure and complete unity” after the flight.
“I hope extra folks can see this,” she stated.
✨ Infinite and infinite. pic.twitter.com/gqghd0aw7i
– Blue Origin (@blueorigin) April 14, 2025
? NS-31 lift-off! pic.twitter.com/nofqebatsc
– Blue Origin (@blueorigin) April 14, 2025
We’ve accomplished our eleventh Human SpaceFlight and our thirty first flight of our new Shepard program. The astronaut crew included Aisha Bow, Amanda Nuguin, Gale King, Katy Perry, Kellian Flynn and Lauren Sanchez.
Till now, New Shepherds have despatched 58 folks into house. learn extra:… pic.twitter.com/qglt1p1wc2
– Blue Origin (@blueorigin) April 14, 2025
Perry advised Blue Origin that the mission was to “see the Earth,” and that the expertise was “second to being a mother.”
“It is surrendering to the unknown,” Perry stated. “I could not advocate this expertise any extra.”
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The flight started at 9:30am from the Blue Origin launch web site in Van Horn, Texas, and was the primary time since 1963 that each one feminine crews had gone into house.
The crew additionally included former NASA scientist Aisha Bow, producer Kellianne Flynn, and biobroadcast analysis scientist Amanda Nuguen.
Blue Origin has been providing house tourism flights for years since 2021. The startup web site has revealed that clients should pay a $150,000 deposit to order a seat. It’s unclear whether or not the crew on Monday’s flight paid for the expertise.
