Blue Origin released this Saturday (12) the first photo of the female team that will have famous traveling to the space on Monday (14). It will be the first time of a crew only of women going to space by the company.
Singer Katy Perry and journalists Gayle King and Lauren Sanchez, who is also a bride of billionaire Jeff Bezos, owner of Amazon, are some of the crew.
The New Shepard rocket, a 18-meter-high suborbital spacecraft, will lead to the crew to the Kármán line, the internationally recognized limit of the space, said Blue Origin, in a statement on Thursday (27).
CBS Mornings co-presenter completes the crew, Gayle King, research scientist Amanda Nguyen, former NASA rocket specialist Aisha Bowe and Kerianne Flynn movie producer.
Blue Origin, founded by Bezos, began sending tourists and celebrities to space in 2021 aboard the New Shepard rocket, appointed in honor of Alan Shepard, the first American in space.
These missions depart from the company’s main launch site in Texas. To this day, the company has taken 52 people to the Suborbital Space in ten manned missions.
Among the celebrities who have already flew aboard the New Shepard are the legendary science fiction actor by Star Trek Shatner William and Jeff Bezos himself, who was on the manned inaugural flight.
Travel values ​​were not disclosed, although celebrities usually gain courtesy seats. These flights usually last from only 10 to 11 minutes, from takeoff to landing.
Source: Folha
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