The NS-31 mission of Blue Origin successfully completed a historic journey to space, leading to the atmosphere limit to a crew of women, including the presenter and partner of Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sánchezthe journalist Gayler Kingthe singer Katy Perry and the aerospace engineer Aisha Bowe.
The New Shepard rocket capsule, designed with large windows so that travelers can observe the land from space, was received by Bezos, the owner of the company, landing around 10:00 am local time (16:00 GMT) on the outskirts of El Paso, Texas.
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Full crew of women
The flight is the second in history to be integrated only by women: the first woman to travel alone to space was the Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova in the Soviet mission Vostok 6 in 1963.
Bezos, the second richest man on the planet and owner also of the Electronic Commerce Giant Amazon, has promoted with Blue Origin space tourism, selling experiences such as today for minimum quantities of $ 250,000 the ticket.
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The New Shepard ship, in which the six women flew today, was specially designed for this purpose and carried out the first commercial flight to space in July 2021.
After the landing, Bezos opened the capsule door and Sánchez was the first passenger to leave. The tycoon received her with a kiss and a hug.
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“I was just thinking that we are all together in this; we are more connected than we realize, despite the fact that there are nations and all these things that divide us,” said Sánchez, among tears, in the first statements when getting off the New Shepard.
Katy Perry, excited by Blue Origin’s mission
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Behind her the other five crew. Singer Katy Perry knelt and kissed the arid floor of West Texas when she got off the ship, just like journalist Gayle King did.
“I feel very connected to love; this experience has taught me how much love there is inside me,” said Perry, who brought a margarita aboard the aircraft because they are “common flowers, which grow in all conditions.”
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Aboard the aircraft were also Amanda Nguyenresearcher and activist against sexist violence and Kerianne Flynnfilm producer.
Kris Jenner, Khloé Kardashian and the communicator Oprah Winfrey They were present in the launch zone in Texas to show their support to their millionaire friends and highlight the historical nature of this launch.
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The crew reached zero gravity three minutes after the launch and shortly after they crossed the Karman line, considered the border between the atmosphere and the space.
This is the twelve mission of the Blue Shepard rocket. The rocket that put them in the space briefly returned to the launch platform at 7.20 minutes and landed vertically, while the capsule touched land at 10 minutes of takeoff.
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