Katy Perry Joins All-Female Blue Origin Flight

Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin is set to make history with its upcoming mission, the first all-female spaceflight since 1963, scheduled for spring 2025. The mission, led by Bezos's fiancée Lauren Sánchez, will include pop icon Katy Perry, journalist Gayle King, former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, bioastronautics research scientist Amanda Nguyen, and film producer Kerianne Flynn. This marks the 11th human spaceflight for Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket, which will launch from West Texas. The crew's selection highlights a diverse range of expertise and backgrounds, aiming to inspire future generations and challenge perspectives on Earth. Blue Origin has not yet announced an exact launch date for the mission. The suborbital flight will take the crew past the Kármán line, establishing it as a significant milestone in commercial space travel.