Blue Origin flight live updates: Katy Perry and star-studded crew return from brief space launch
The first all-female trip to space in more than six decades launched from West Texas on Monday morning
Katy Perry and five other women successfully launched into space on Monday on the first all-female mission in more than six decades.
The crew lifted off on board an autonomous rocket made by Blue Origin, the private space firm owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.
“I don’t really have words for it,” the billionaire’s fiancée Lauren Sanchez said in an interview following the flight. “Earth looked just so quiet.”
“It is the highest high and it is surrender to the unknown,” said Perry. “I couldn’t recommend this experience more.”
Perry and Sanchez were joined by CBS News host Gayle King, former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen, and film producer Kerianne Flynn.
The only other all-female crew in 64 years of human spaceflight took place in 1963.
The rocket lifted off as part of Blue Origin mission NS-31 at 8:30 a.m. local time. The craft flew through space for around four minutes before floating back down to Earth, with the entire journey taking a little over 10 minutes.
When in space, Perry sang the song “What a Wonderful World.”
“It was a feeling of joy. It was a feeling of gratefulness,” Sanchez added.
There is less than one minute to launch
There is less than one minute left to launch.
We have lift-off!
The NS-31 mission has lifted off from its West Texas launchpad. It’s now more than 80,000 feet and climbing.
The NS-31 crew are cheering in space
The NS-31 crew are cheering as they reach apogee.
The NS-31 crew successfully touch down on Earth
Katy Perry launched into space on Blue Origin rocket
See it: NS-31 crew lands on Earth
Lauren Sanchez and Katy Perry show off ‘flattering and sexy’ space suits ahead of Blue Origin launch
Lauren Sanchez and Katy Perry show off ‘flattering and sexy’ Blue Origin space suits
'It takes your breath away': Khloe Kardashian reacts to the launch
“It’s incredible. It takes your breath away,” Khloe Kardashian said following the successful launch and touch down of the NS-31 crew.
Lauren Sanchez hugs fiancée Jeff Bezos after successful rocket flight
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