Overview

• Blue Origin's NS-31 mission will feature six women, including pop star Katy Perry, CBS anchor Gayle King, and Lauren Sánchez, fiancée of Jeff Bezos.
• The crew will include former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen, and film producer Kerianne Flynn.
• The suborbital flight will cross the Kármán line, over 60 miles above Earth, offering several minutes of weightlessness and panoramic views.
• This will be Blue Origin’s first all-female crew and the second such mission globally since Valentina Tereshkova’s solo flight in 1963.
• The exact launch date has not been announced, but the crew is undergoing training for the fully automated New Shepard spacecraft.