Blue Origin’s all-female crew launched into space on Monday morning.
Blue Origin’s all-female crew, which includes pop star Katy Perry, launched into space on Monday morning. It marks the first all-female spaceflight since 1963, according to the company.
Along with Perry, the crew includes Blue Origin owner Jeff Bezos’ fiancée, Lauren Sanchez.
Journalist Gayle King, former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, bioastronautics research scientist and civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen and filmmaker Kerianne Flynn round out the flight crew, according to Blue Origin.
The 11th crewed New Shepard flight, which is officially called NS-31, took off from the company’s Launch Site One in West Texas.