US EditionKaty Perry, Gayle King space flight sets April 14 launch
- Blue Origin's all-female NS-31 Mission, featuring Katy Perry, Gayle King, Lauren Sanchez, Aisha Bowe, Amanda Nguyen, and Kerianne Flynn, is scheduled to launch on April 14 from West Texas, aiming for the Karman line, the boundary between Earth's atmosphere and space.
- The space flight, aboard a Blue Origin rocket ship named after the first American in space, is intended to promote Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin space technology business.
- The crew will experience approximately four minutes of weightlessness during the brief 11-minute journey, reaching a height of 62 miles before an autonomous descent slowed by parachutes and a gas burst.
- William Shatner, who traveled on a Blue Origin flight in October 2021, advised the crew, including Gayle King on CBS Mornings, to embrace the rare opportunity and warned about the intense G-forces, emphasizing the indescribable sensation of weightlessness.
- Gayle King's participation in the flight, promoted on CBS Mornings and social media, has drawn criticism from journalists and the public who question the ethics of accepting a free ride from Bezos, creating a potential conflict of interest for CBS News, especially concerning its reporting on Bezos's ownership and actions related to the Washington Post.
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Gayle King, CBS slammed for her ride on ‘oligarch’ Jeff Bezos’s rocket
Gayle King and her show, “CBS Mornings,” have been going pretty hard lately on promoting her upcoming participation in an “all-female” flight into space next month with Jeff Bezos’s fiancee Lauren Sanchez, aboard one of the billionaire’s Blue Origin rocket ships. But King’s participation is being criticized by a number of “CBS Mornings” fans, as well as journalists, who question the ethics and integrity of King, and of CBS, as she and the networ…
Jeff Bezos rocket launch with Katy Perry in April
Singer Katy Perry will be launched into space on Monday, April 14, in a rocket from Blue Origin, the space company owned by Amazon boss Jeff Bezos. The launch date was announced on Thursday, and the special badge that the space travelers will wear on their suits was also unveiled. Journalist and presenter Gayle King will also be going.
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