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The launch window opened round 8:30 a.m. CDT at Blue Origin’s Launch Website One in western Texas.
The Blue Origin all-female crew, together with Katy Perry, have launched into House. pic.twitter.com/18Oo6GAnOa
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The mission, formally designated NS-31, was the corporate’s eleventh human spaceflight and lasted roughly 11 minutes. In keeping with Blue Origin, the rocket travelled over 60 miles above the Earth, surpassing the Kármán line — the internationally recognised boundary of outer area.
Katy Perry exiting the rocket capsule. pic.twitter.com/rSIApEQ8m2
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The flight crew included U.S. entrepreneur and helicopter pilot Lauren Sánchez — fiancée of Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos — tv host Gayle King, former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, bioastronautics analysis scientist and civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen, and movie producer Kerianne Flynn, alongside Perry.
In a put up on social media a day earlier than the mission, Perry wrote, “I’ve dreamt of going to area for 15 years and tomorrow that dream turns into a actuality.”
First Ever All-Girls Crew To Go To House
Blue Origin said that this was the primary spaceflight in 64 years of human area journey to have each seat crammed by a girl. The final such occasion, in keeping with the corporate, dates again to 1963 when Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova grew to become the primary lady in area throughout a solo three-day mission.
Because the capsule reached microgravity, the six girls unbuckled for a quick second to expertise weightlessness. Throughout this time, Perry might be heard singing — a second that resonated with audiences on-line.
Katy Perry sang ‘What A Great World’ in area. Gayle King confirmed, “We’ve been asking her to sing ‘Roar’ and ‘Firework’ and she or he stated ‘It’s not about me. I need to discuss concerning the world’. It was actually particular”
Gayle King confirms Katy Perry sang in area. pic.twitter.com/XTV0p8FFrQ
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On the bottom, Oprah Winfrey, who got here to assist her greatest buddy Gayle King, was seen visibly emotional because the rocket launched.
Blue Origin, based in 2000 by Bezos after his success with Amazon, has not disclosed the price of the mission or who paid what. The launch comes simply two months forward of Sánchez and Bezos’s marriage ceremony in Venice. Bezos, who was a part of the corporate’s first area tourism flight in 2021, accompanied the newest crew to the launch pad.
A handout picture shared by Blue Origin on its official X account confirmed the all-female workforce — Sánchez, Nguyen, Perry, King, Bowe, and Flynn — suited up forward of their historic mission.
