Overview

• Blue Origin’s NS-31 flight on April 14, 2025, marked the first all-female crewed spaceflight since 1963, featuring six women, including Gayle King and Katy Perry.
• Critics, including celebrities like Olivia Munn and Emily Ratajkowski, labeled the mission wasteful and questioned its environmental and societal value.
• Gayle King responded by emphasizing the mission’s scientific experiments, symbolic impact on gender representation, and Blue Origin’s environmental ambitions.
• King accused detractors of using sexist language, arguing that male astronauts’ missions are rarely dismissed as mere ‘rides.’
• Conspiracy theories about the mission's authenticity have emerged online, despite photographic evidence of the crew in zero gravity.