Jeff Bezos’ space company, Blue Origin, is set to make history this spring with its first all-female crewed mission aboard the New Shepard rocket.
The Crew
The six-member team includes:
- Gayle King – Journalist and TV personality
- Katy Perry – Pop star and entrepreneur
- Lauren Sánchez – Pilot, journalist, and vice chair of the Bezos Earth Fund
- Amanda Nguyen – Bioastronautics research scientist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee
- Aisha Bowe – Former NASA rocket scientist and CEO of STEMBoard
- Kerianne Flynn – Film producer and nonprofit advocate
Mission Details
- The flight, designated NS-31, will be Blue Origin’s 11th human spaceflight.
- The crew will cross the Kármán line (100 km above Earth), the internationally recognized boundary of space.
- Amanda Nguyen will become the first Vietnamese and Southeast Asian woman to reach space.
- Lauren Sánchez played a crucial role in assembling the crew.
A Historic Moment for Women in Space
This will be the first all-female spaceflight since Valentina Tereshkova’s solo mission in 1963. The mission highlights the increasing presence of women in space travel, following milestones like:
- Emily Calandrelli becoming the 100th woman in space (NS-28 mission, 2024).
- NASA’s first all-female spacewalk in 2019 with Christina Koch and Jessica Meir.
While Blue Origin has yet to confirm the exact launch date, the mission marks a major step forward in commercial space travel and gender representation in space exploration.
