Source: Variety
“Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos‘[a] aerospace company, is sending an all-women crew into space on its next flight — including singer Katy Perry, ‘CBS Mornings’ co-host Gayle King and Lauren Sanchez, who is Bezos’[s] fiancée. The company on Thursday announced the six people flying on the NS-31 mission, set to launch in the spring of 2025. The crew also includes Bahamian-American aerospace engineer Aisha Bowe, civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen and film producer Kerianne Flynn …. The mission will be the 11th human flight for Blue Origin’s New Shepard program and the 31st in its history. The flight will mark the first all-female flight crew since Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova’s solo spaceflight in 1963.” (02/27/25)