US EditionKaty Perry and All-Female Crew to Fly on Blue Origin's New Shepard Rocket
- Katy Perry will become the first pop star in space as part of Blue Origin's all-female crew launching this spring on the New Shepard rocket.
- The mission aims to 'challenge' perspectives and 'create lasting impact' for future generations, according to Blue Origin's statement.
- Presenter Gayle King expressed she feels both 'terrified and excited' about the journey and sought advice from her children and Oprah Winfrey before participating.
- Lauren Sanchez hopes the mission will inspire people to 'dream big,' sharing her own journey of becoming a pilot and now going to space.
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Lauren Sánchez Shares First Zoom Call With Her All-Female Blue Origin Space Crew
American journalist, author and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos‘ fiancée, Lauren Sánchez, shared a video Friday of her first Zoom call with her all-female Blue Origin crew. Sánchez is set to fly to space this spring as part of the Bezos-owned Blue Origin’s New Shepard space tourism program. She will be joined on her journey by pop star Katy Perry, aerospace engineer and entrepreneur Aisha Bowe, bioastronautics research scientist and activist Amanda Ng…
'This Was Never My Dream': Gayle King Reveals Best Pal Oprah Winfrey Convinced Her to Join Upcoming Space Flight Despite Having Serious Jitters
Gayle King has a serious case of the jitters ahead of her Blue Origin space flight this spring. The 70-year-old will be joined by Jeff Bezos’ fiancée Lauren Sánchez, pop star Katy Perry, former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, film producer Kerianne Flynn, and activist Amanda Nguyen, marking the first time an all-woman crew has ventured to the Kármán line where space and Earth’s atmosphere meet. The expedition is part of Blue Origin’s New Shepa…
Did Oprah Force Gayle King To Go On Jeff Bezos Space Flight?
Gayle King has no idea why she's heading to space this spring other than Oprah Winfrey appears to be making her."I have to tell you I am so afraid, I am, I am so afraid," the CBS Mornings host said during Monday's show."I'm literally shaking right now," she continued while speaking with her cohosts about the upcoming space flight. In another appearance she explained that she doesn't even like roller coasters or flying on airplanes. "I'm very, ve…
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