Katy Perry on Blue Origin's NS-31 Mission

Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin is set to launch its first all-female crewed mission aboard the New Shepard rocket in the spring of 2025. The mission, called NS-31, will include pop star Katy Perry, journalist Gayle King, and bioastronautics research scientist Amanda Nguyen, among others. Bezos' fiancée, Lauren Sánchez, who is an Emmy Award-winning journalist and licensed helicopter pilot, will lead the mission. This landmark flight will be the first all-female space mission since Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova's solo flight in 1963. The team aims to challenge their perspectives of Earth and inspire future generations with their stories. Blue Origin has not announced an exact launch date, but the mission promises to be a significant milestone in commercial space travel.