«It was incredible»: Katy Perry and Lauren Sánchez on their journey to space
The first all-female suborbital flight
On April 14, 2025, Blue Origin’s New Shepard spacecraft successfully completed a suborbital flight, taking six female passengers more than 100 km above Earth — beyond the Kármán line, which is conventionally considered the boundary of space. The flight lasted 11 minutes and was fully automated.
This mission attracted particular attention due to two key facts. First, it featured the first all-female crew, a symbolic moment following Valentina Tereshkova’s historic flight. Second, several well-known names were on board.
The mission was led by journalist Lauren Sánchez, fiancée of billionaire and Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos, who personally greeted the capsule upon landing. Sánchez also designed the crew’s suits — stylish blue jumpsuits with zippers that evoked the image of comic book superheroes.
«It was incredible. It was a feeling of joy. A feeling of gratitude. A feeling of «we’re doing this,» said Sánchez. She shed tears, adding: «I don’t even know how this will change me.»
Another standout figure of the mission was singer Katy Perry, who admitted she had long dreamed of seeing space. On social media, she emotionally shared her experiences during the flight preparation.
During the mission, Perry held a daisy in her hand — a symbolic reminder of her daughter, Daisy, whom she shares with actor Orlando Bloom.
Interestingly, while the celebrities were hundreds of kilometers above Earth, Katy Perry fulfilled her promise — she sang in space.
«If you told me I’d be part of the first all-female space crew in history, I would’ve believed it. As a child, nothing felt impossible to me. Even though we didn’t grow up with much, I never stopped looking at the world with hope and wonder!» Perry wrote on social media.
In addition to Sánchez and Perry, the flight also included:
- Gayle King — CBS Mornings anchor and editor of The Oprah Magazine
- CariAnn Flynn — documentary film producer
- Aisha Bowe — NASA engineer, scientist, and founder of a STEM company
- Amanda Nguyen — human rights activist and bioastronautics researcher.
All women underwent prior training for flight conditions, including weightlessness adaptation, capsule equipment use, and evacuation procedures.
As a reminder, Jeff Bezos’s private space company does not disclose the full ticket price, but a $150,000 deposit is required to reserve a seat.
Photo: Instagram @blueorigin
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