The totally feminine Blue Origin crew, which includes pop star Katy Perry, completed its trip to space on Monday morning.
It marks the first space flight of women since 1963, according to the company.
The window of the last Rocket Shepard launch opened Monday morning at 8:30 am CDT, according to Blue Origin.
A picture of a brochure published on April 14, 2025, in Blue Origin’s story, shows (in a cora of L) American businesswoman Lauren Sánchez, former scientist of NASA Amanda Nguyen, singer Katy Perry, TV presenter Gayle King, former scientist of NASA Aisha Bowe and film producer of NASA Kerianne Flynnnn. Shepard Rocket.
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“I have dreamed of going to space for 15 years and tomorrow that dream comes true,” Perry said on social networks on Sunday.
The eleventh crew of Shepard’s new flight, which is officially called NS-31, took off from the company’s launch site in western Texas.
The flight lasted about 11 minutes and traveled to more than 60 miles above the earth, according Blue origin, which passes the Kárman line, which at 62 miles above sea level is considered the limit between the atmosphere of the earth and the outer space.
Together with Perry, the crew included the fiancee of the journalist of the owner of Blue Origin Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sánchez, who is also a helicopter pilot.
The journalist Gayle King, the former scientist of the Nasa Aisha Bowe rockets, the scientist and activist of the Civil Rights of Bioastrronautics Amanda Nguyen and the filmmaker Kerianne Flynn complete the flight crew, according to Blue Origin.
The most recent totally feminine space flight was the Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova Space Flight in 1963, said Blue Origin.
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ABC News Katie Kendland contributes to this report.
