CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Katy Perry and Gayle King are headed to house with Jeff Bezos’ fiancee Lauren Sanchez and three different ladies.
Bezos’ rocket firm Blue Origin introduced the all-female superstar crew on Thursday.
Sanchez, a helicopter pilot and former TV journalist, picked the crew who will be a part of her on a 10-minute spaceflight from West Texas, the corporate mentioned. They may blast off someday this spring aboard a New Shepard rocket. No launch date was given.
Blue Origin has flown vacationers on brief hops to house since 2021. Some passengers have gotten free rides, whereas others have paid a hefty sum to expertise weightlessness. It was not instantly recognized who’s footing the invoice for this upcoming flight.
Sanchez invited singer Perry and TV journalist King, in addition to a former NASA rocket scientist who now heads an engineering agency Aisha Bowe, analysis scientist Amanda Nguyen and film producer Kerianne Flynn.
This can be Blue Origin’s eleventh human spaceflight. Bezos climbed aboard along with his brother for the inaugural flight.
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