The singer Katy Perry and the presenter Lauren Sánchezcommitted to the billionaire Jeff BezosThey performed on Monday next to an exclusively female crew a suborbital flight aboard a Blue Origin rocket.
Perry, Sánchez and four other women took off from the west of the state of Texas at 08:30 local time (13:30 Tu) and ascended more than more than 100 kilometers of altitude in it New Shepard rocket of the aerospace company, owned by Bezos.
The ship, completely automated, took off vertically and the capsule separated during the flight, before returning to the ground stopped by a parachute and a retropropulor.
This was the First space flight composed exclusively of womenfrom the historic solo trip of the Cosmonauta and Soviet engineer Valentina Tereshkova, in 1963.
In addition to the American singer and Sánchez, they were the co -present of the CBS Mornings program Gayle Kingthe research scientist Amanda Nguyenthe ex -specialist in NASA rockets Aisha Bowe and the film producer Kerianne Flynn.
This is the eleventh suborbital flight that performs Blue Originwhich since 2021 offers Space Tourism trips In your New Shepard rocket. The prices of these trips are not public.
In a recent interview with the Elle magazinePerry explained that he undertook this adventure to inspire his daughter Daisy to “Never put limits to your dreams”.
During the trip of some ten minutes In total from takeoff to landing, the six passengers exceeded the Karman line that is 100 kilometers above sea level, according to an international convention.
They were able to take off from their seats and briefly experience the condition of microgravity.
To date, Blue Origin has led to 52 people to suborbital space in 10 manned missions.
Among the celebrities who in the past traveled aboard the New Shepard sand find Shatner Williamlegendary actor of the Star Trek science fiction saga, and his own Jeff Bezoswho was on the inaugural flight with crew.
Bezos competes with the company Virgin Galacticwhich also offers suborbital flights. But Blue Origin It also has the ambition to go further in the flight market in orbit and compete with Space xof the richest man in the world Elon Musk.
In January, he successfully completed his first unmanned orbital flight, using a much more powerful pitcher called New Glenn.
