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Katy Perry Faces Backlash After Blue Origin’s All-Female Spaceflight

The brief 11-minute mission, hailed as symbolic, has sparked criticism over its promotional nature and FAA astronaut status denial.

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Overview

  • The Blue Origin NS-31 mission on April 14 featured an all-female crew, including Katy Perry, marking the 104th woman to cross the Kármán Line.
  • The mission's promotional framing and brevity drew widespread criticism, with figures like Joe Rogan and Emily Ratajkowski mocking its significance.
  • Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy clarified that the crew does not meet FAA criteria to be officially recognized as astronauts.
  • Online conspiracy theories questioned the mission's authenticity, citing capsule design and symbolic gestures as suspicious.
  • Insiders reported that Katy Perry found the experience life-changing but regretted the public spectacle surrounding the flight.