Blue Origin Launches Historic All-Female Spaceflight Featuring Katy Perry
Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket successfully completed the first all-female crew spaceflight, highlighting achievements in space exploration and women's roles.
Still, as the haters downplayed Perry’s astronaut adventure (and took shots at 143, her poorly received album from last year), she did claim a significant victory: the Blue Origin rocket hadn’t exploded, as would-be prophets had darkly speculated it might.
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The celebrity launch was the nation’s first spaceflight where women filled each seat.
Blue Origin launches an all-female celebrity crew with Katy Perry, Gayle King and Lauren Sanchez
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Blue Origin has also been creating a two-stage New Glenn rocket, which achieved its first launch in mid-January.
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If this space mission was intended to promote the sale of future flights, it’s a definite flop.
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Let’s just call it what it is: This is all spectacle.
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King's willingness to take a seat on the rocket, a ride that could be valued in the six figures, has furthermore raised questions about her journalistic integrity and the news values of CBS News, where journalists are not supposed to take freebies.
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Not everyone was as excited about the NS-31 launch, with some critics calling Monday’s launch more of a publicity stunt than an advancement for women in space exploration.
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The mission, which lasted under 11 minutes, saw the crew capsule reach an apogee of 346,802 feet or 65.7 miles above ground level before safely touching down in West Texas.
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This was the first all-female spaceflight since Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova's historic solo spaceflight in 1963.
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Blue Origin launches an all-female celebrity crew with Katy Perry, Gayle King and Lauren Sanchez
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While this trip aimed to highlight the roles of women in astronautics, Blue Origin has faced criticism for being an exclusive venture for the wealthy, especially during a time of economic hardship in the U.S.
Blue Origin’s all-female crew, including Katy Perry, successfully launched
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It was the first female-only spaceflight since a Soviet cosmonaut flew a solo flight as the first woman in space in 1963.
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The Blue Origin mission marks the first all-female spaceflight since 1963, according to the company, following Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova’s solo spaceflight in 1963.
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Some critics have questioned whether the all-female trip is a moment of feminist progress since it comes as promotion for Bezos’s space tourism business that, in turn, is the marketing arm of Blue Origin’s commercial launch program.
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This does feel like a big commercial: Women in STEM can like space, someone who is afraid can like space, theater kids can like space.
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Blue Origin launches an all-female celebrity crew with Katy Perry, Gayle King and Lauren Sanchez
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Monday's mission, NS-31, had garnered considerable attention in recent weeks because of its famous passengers and historic nature.
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The flight to space is expected to last around 11 minutes.
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The rise of space tourism has prompted criticism that it is too exclusive and environmentally damaging.
Katy Perry blasts off with all-women crew on Blue Origin rocket
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Summary
On April 14, 2025, Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket launched an all-female crew including Lauren Sanchez, Katy Perry, and Gayle King. This historic flight, marking the first of its kind since 1963, lasted just 11 minutes, reaching 66 miles high. Perry famously sang 'What a Wonderful World' during their brief weightlessness. The launch, attended by celebrities including Oprah Winfrey, aimed to inspire women and girls, though it faced criticism for its perceived exclusivity in space tourism. Blue Origin, founded by Jeff Bezos, continues to expand commercial space travel despite concerns over high participation costs.
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Jeff Bezos’ space company, Blue Origin, successfully launched its New Shepard rocket with an all-female crew of notable women, marking the first all-female space crew in over 60 years, since Valentina Tereshkova's historic flight in 1963.
The mission included celebrities and experts such as Katy Perry, Gayle King, Aisha Bowe, Lauren Sanchez, Amanda Nguyen, and Kerianne Flynn, highlighting women's achievements in space exploration and STEM fields.
While the flight represents significant progress for women in space, it has faced criticism for being a display of wealth and exclusivity, as participation in such missions remains financially out of reach for most individuals.
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