Posted on 04/14/2025 2:15:03 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Pop star Katy Perry and five other women safely returned to Earth after reaching space aboard Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin rocket.
The singer was joined by Bezos's fiancée Lauren Sánchez and CBS presenter Gayle King, who said a highlight of the flight was hearing Perry sing Louis Armstrong's "What a Wonderful World".
After landing back on Earth, Perry said she felt "super connected to life" and "so connected to love".
The flight lasted around 11 minutes and took the six women more than 100km (62 miles) above Earth, crossing the internationally recognised boundary of space and giving them a few moments of weightlessness.
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Maybe I’m wrong, but I doubt we’ll be seeing any right-leaning personalities taking that ride.
Anyone think Bezos would allow it?
They applied makeup while in orbit. Commercials will be seen soon.
Eileen Collins is renowned for being the first American woman to pilot and command a space shuttle. She made history as the first female shuttle pilot on STS-63 in 1995 and later became the first female shuttle commander on STS-93 in 1999. Her career included four spaceflights, totaling over 872 hours in space.
They really do!
LOL good one!
11 minutes total flight time and a just a few moments of weightlessness qualifies as a quickie by my estimation.
So when is he going to send up an all black crew? (rolling eyes).
Or the first all trans crew?
I guess the first all gay crew is next.
Astro nots. They didn’t even achieve a single orbit.
“You can bet that the actual crew weren’t allowing Katy anywhere near the controls”
Well maybe the barf bag deployment control. She was made Commander for that process.
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