Blue Origin’s All-Female Crew, Headlined By Katy Perry, Lands Safely After Almost 11-minute Space Trip

Last Updated:April 14, 2025, 19:36 IST

The crew will travel over 100 kilometres (62 miles) above the Earth, experiencing a few minutes of weightlessness before descending back to the surface

Blue Origin will stream the event live on its website. (Photo Credits: Instagram)

Blue Origin, the space company founded by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos, successfully launched and landed a star-studded all-woman crew on Monday — headlined by global pop icon Katy Perry — sending them to the edge of space for almost an 11-minute journey.

The six-person crew, flying aboard the New Shepard rocket, included Perry and Bezos’s fiancée Lauren Sanchez, along with four other women.

Confirming the safe landing in a social media post on X, the space tourism company wrote: “Capsule touchdown. Welcome back, NS-31 crew!"

The entire flight lasted just almost 11 minutes — long enough for the crew to experience weightlessness and take in the view from the edge of space.

The mission, dubbed NS-31, took off from West Texas at 7 pm IST, briefly soaring more than 100 kilometres (62 miles) above Earth’s surface.

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