Blue Origin has landed its 11th human spaceflight carrying an all-female crew including pop star Katy Perry and Jeff Bezos’ fiancée Lauren Sánchez.
The suborbital flight marked the first time an all-female space crew had been to space since the Vostok 6 solo mission of Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova in 1963. It reached heights of around 100km and passed through the Kármán line – broadly recognised as the boundary between the Earth’s atmosphere and space.
The crew experienced around four minutes of weightlessness before descending back to Earth.
Other passengers included Aisha Bowe, CEO of tech firm STEMBoard, Amanda Nguyen, who has fought for women’s rights, CBS News host Gayle King and American film producer Kerianne Flynn.
The flight, which was taken as part of Blue Origin’s New Shepard program, repeats Bezos’ previous efforts to use celebrity clout to promote his space brand. Other famous flyers have included female aviation pioneer Wally Funk, Star Trek actor William Shatner...