Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s fiancé, pop star Katy Perry and Lauren Sent, were one of the six women who made history as part of Blue Origin’s first All-Female Crew Spaceflight of Blue Origin this week.
The brief suborbital mission marked a major milestone – and even included the performance of a wonderful world sung by Perry in zero gravity.
The six-member crew raised on Monday morning after riding on a new Shepard rocket of West Texas of Blue Origin on Monday morning, after some time after 8:30 am. The flight reached a top speed of 3,600 km/h and crossed the internationally recognized range of space at about 100 km above sea level (62 mi).
The entire journey lasted for only ten minutes. During their time in space, women happy and celebrated the experience of a one -time lifetime. Capsule made a skilled group: singer Katy Perry, Journalist GAIL King, producer Karian Flynn, Aerospace Engineer Aisha Boway, activist Amanda Guayen and Media Personality Lauren Scheme.
Perry had revealed before launching that she had dreamed of going into space for more than 15 years and expected to sing during the flight. After landing, he confirmed that he fulfilled that dream by performing a wonderful world in microgravity.
The crew was congratulated on landing by friends and family, including Jeff Bezos, who personally opened the hatch for astronauts to return to Earth.
The Space Exploration Company Blue Origin, established by Bezos, is blowing the Commercial Sub -Mission Mission from 2021. While some passengers have paid huge amount for experience, others -Perry has been invited as special guests. So far, the company has blown over 50 people, including a notable names such as Star Trek Fame actor William Shatter. Bezos himself was riding on a first crew flight.
Monday’s mission was Blue Origin’s 11th Human Spaceflight, but its first one was the specialty of an all-pimple crew-which marketed a symbolic moment in space history, as Soviet Cosmonot Valentina Tereskova became the first woman in space in 1963. Although the company has not disclosed ticket prices, it is estimated that the seats of seats on these flights fortunately cost thousands of dollars.
