Katy Perry and all-female crew land safely after being blasted into house on Blue Origin rocket | EUROtoday

Katy Perry and 5 different ladies have been blasted into house on an all-female rocket launch.

Lauren Sanchez, Jeff Bezos’s companion, was additionally despatched to house on board the rocket made by Blue Origin, the Amazon’s founder’s personal house firm.

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It is the primary mission to house totally crewed by ladies for greater than six many years. The crew was chosen by Sanchez, and likewise included CBS Mornings presenter Gayle King, former Nasa rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, astronaut and activist Amanda Nguyen and film producer Kerianne Flynn.

Watched by celebrities together with Khloe Kardashian, Oprah and Bezos himself, the six had been launched from Blue Origin’s launchpad in West Texas. “I don’t think I realised how emotional it was going to be,” Kardashian mentioned on the corporate’s reside stream.

Oprah visibly wept as her greatest pal, TV presenter Gayle King, flew at virtually 2,000 miles per hour off the Earth and skilled zero gravity. Inside the capsule, the brand new astronauts might be heard exclaiming at their view of the Moon and the expertise of floating across the capsule.

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Just over 10 minutes after they had been shot into house, the crew of six landed again down within the desert.

After being met by a floor crew that included Bezos, the six ladies then left the ship. Perry raised her palms as she left the capsule earlier than kissing the bottom.

Sanchez was visibly emotional as she left the capsule. “I don’t think you can describe it. It was, like, quiet, but then also really alive. You look at [the Earth] and you’re like, ‘We’re all in this together.’ We’re so connected. More connected than you realize,” she mentioned. “All these things that divide us but we’re not.”

When requested how she was feeling, Sanchez mentioned: “Complete and utter joy and gratefulness. It makes me want to come back and hug everyone…we’re in this together. I didn’t expect to be this emotional.”

King mentioned that the mission had been a reminder to “do better and be better”. She mentioned that Perry had sung ‘What A Wonderful World’ after the crew had returned to their seats after experiencing zero gravity.

Blue Origin Flight NS-31 is the primary launch with an all-female crew since Russian astronaut Valentina Tereshkova’s solo house flight in 1963.

The firm has despatched a spread of celebrities – together with Bezos himself – into house as a part of promotion for what it hopes will ultimately turn out to be a daily type of business house tourism.

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