On April 14, the company Blue Origin sent a New Shepard rocket into space for about ten minutes. On board, an all-female crew consisting of singer Katy Perry and Jeff Bezos’ wife Lauren Sanchez. A flight that did not fail to make the public around the world react.
While women account for only 15% of people who have traveled to space, Blue Origin, the space company owned by Amazon’s CEO, sent six women to an altitude of over 100 kilometers on Monday, April 14. Dressed in blue suits, the crew boarded a rocket for what was supposed to be a historic flight.
A 100% female expedition
The 11th expedition of Blue Origin took place on 14 April. The New Shepard rocket took off in the middle of the day (French time) towards space, at more than three times the speed of sound. The capsule crossed the Kármán line, the internationally recognized limit of space at 100 km above the Earth, before detaching to float in weightlessness and then returning to the ground using parachutes.
For 11 minutes, the crew was able to live this unique experience and admire the earth seen from the sky, all captured on video to keep a memory of this memorable moment. More than just a successful space mission, the expedition was highly publicized because of the budding astronauts in the rocket.
The crew was female only to promote women and inspire younger generations. Among them, Lauren Sanchez, the wife of Jezz Bezos, the founder of Blue Origin, who has chosen the other members of the mission. Leading the way, and to bring international visibility to the expedition, was singer Katy Perry, who told the Associated Press: “this is an important moment for the future of commercial space navigation, for humanity in general and for all women.”
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