Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket carrying Perry and others will technically enter space with the capsule crossing the Karman line, which is internationally recognised as the boundary of space.
Washington:Multi-billionaire Jeff Bezos's bride-to-be, Lauren Sánchez, and popstar Katy Perry are set to blast off to space on Monday for an all-female flight. Perry and Sánchez are part of an all-women crew, which also includes journalist and TV presenter Gayle King, civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen, film producer Kerianne Flynn, and entrepreneur and former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe.
The six-woman crew will blast off on Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin rocket from the company's launch site in Texas at 8.30 am local time on Monday for an 11-minute-long suborbital flight to the edge of space and back. The mission is part of Blue Origin's New Shepard programme, named NS-31, and aims to "create a lasting impact that will inspire generations."
This will be the first flight to space in over 60 years without a man on board, since Russian engineer Valentina Tereshkova travelled to space solo in 1963.
Welcome to West Texas, NS-31 crew! pic.twitter.com/8dFPqiaiZW
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About The Mission
Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket carrying Perry and others will reportedly reach a maximum height of 100km (62 miles) above Earth, technically entering space with the capsule crossing the Karman line, which is internationally recognised as the boundary of space.
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