Blue Origin, the aerospace company founded by Jeff Bezos, successfully completed the NS-31 suborbital flight, in which Katy Perry and five other women participated. The mission was classified as historical, because it had the first completely feminine crew since 1963, when the Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova completed a solo expedition.
The launch was held aboard the New Shepard rocket this Monday, April 14, around 9:30 am (east time), from Texas. A few minutes later, the propeller returned controlled and landed vertically. The ship reached an altitude of more than 96 kilometers, touching the line of karm, recognized as the limit between the Earth’s atmosphere and the outer space.
The transport capsule reached the ungravidity approximately three minutes after takeoff and landed 10 minutes after the start of the flight. This was the eleventh manned mission of the New Shepard program and the thirtieth first in the history of the project.
The vehicle of the Jeff Bezos space company is in orbit. This mission in which the Blue Ring satellite platform carries, is one of the seven planned by Blue Origin, the next one could occur this spring.
The expedition was led by the journalist Lauren Sánchez, promised of Bezos, who in 2023 had announced his desire to command a mission integrated exclusively by women. In statements prior to the flight, he stressed that the purpose was to inspire future generations of explorers and promote greater female inclusion in the space sector.
Together with Sánchez and Perry, Amanda Nguyen, an expert in Bioastronautics; Aisha Bowe, former NASA rocket -researcher; Gayle King, an outstanding journalist and co -lecturer of the program CBS Mornings; and Kerianne Flynn, renowned community activist.
“We feel deep happiness, a very strong brotherhood and a lot of gratitude. When looking out the window, we saw the full and pink moon. Everything was so silent that it is indescribable,” Sánchez shared after his return to the earth. For his part, Katy Perry said: “I felt deeply connected to love. This experience taught me that you never know how much love you house, how much you can offer and how much you have received until you take off.”
Katy Perry, Blue Origin and Space Tourism
The mission sought to make the female role in space exploration visible and encourage more women to get involved in this industry. However, statistics still reflect a low representation. It is estimated that only 15% of the more than 700 people who have traveled outside the planet have been women.
Despite the symbolism of the mission, Blue Origin has faced criticism due to the high cost of its flights, which, according to its detractors, limits access to space to people with high economic resources. According to a report from Techcrunchbook a seat in one of these expeditions It can cost around $ 150,000. Until now, most of the 58 passengers who have flown with the company are entrepreneurs, scientists, celebrities or content creators. The exact price of tickets has not been officially revealed.
In a recent interview with The Associated PressKaty Perry said the NS-31 mission “represents a milestone for the future of commercial space travel, for humanity as a whole and especially for women around the world.”
Space tourism is emerging as a growing market, with a projection of between 4,000 and 6,000 million dollars in value for the next decade. According to estimates of the World Economic Forum, most of that income will come from stays in orbital stations, mainly accessible for individuals with high purchasing power. Blue Origin seeks to consolidate in this emerging scenario through its commercial flights and strategic alliances with NASA.
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