The three celebrities will be part of Blue Origin’s first all-female mission. Katy Perry, Gayle King and Lauren Sánchez are headed to space aboard one of Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket ships. The three will also be joined by Aisha Bowe, a former NASA rocket scientist; Amanda Nguyen, a civil rights activist; and Kerianne Flynn, a movie producer. The group will take off in the New Shepard spacecraft from the company’s West Texas base this spring. An exact date has not yet been set.
![[Katy Perry, Lauren Sanchez and Gayle King are set to make up Blue Origin's first all-female crew]](https://static.independent.co.uk/2025/02/27/14/10/Katy-Perry-Lauren-Sanchez-and-Gayle-King.jpeg)
The forthcoming mission will be Blue Origin’s 11th mission and its first all-female crew. Sánchez, Bezos’ fiancée, is said to have “brought the mission together,” according to Blue Origin. “[Sanchez] is honored to lead a team of explorers on a mission that will challenge their perspectives of Earth, empower them to share their own stories, and create lasting impact that will inspire generations to come,” the company said in a statement.
Since the New Shepard is a fully autonomous spacecraft, “every person on board is a crew member — there are no pilots.”. “This flight will undoubtedly prove to be a life-changing experience for each of us, and I’m honored to be with such an incredible group of explorers,” Sánchez said. “Most importantly, I am looking forward to all the women in this crew sharing their story and inspiring future generations to dream big.”.
During their 11-minute journey, they will fly past the Kármán line, which is an internationally recognized border between Earth’s atmosphere and outer space. “Our primary focus in 2025 and beyond is to scale our manufacturing output and launch cadence with speed, decisiveness, and efficiency for our customers. We grew and hired incredibly fast in the last few years, and with that growth came more bureaucracy and less focus than we needed,” CEO Dave Limp wrote in an email obtained by The Independent.
“It also became clear that the makeup of our organization must change to ensure our roles are best aligned with executing these priorities. Sadly, this resulted in eliminating some positions in engineering, R&D, and program/project management and thinning out our layers of management.”.
-5_1400.jpeg?trim=0,385,0,384&quality=75&auto=webp&width=960)
