Katy Perry and Jeff Bezos’ fiancee Lauren Sanchez ready for space flight with all-female crew – follow live

The Amazon founder’s Blue Origin is due to undertake its 11th flight with six women on boardTrips like these raise questions: are they anything more than joy rides – and do they need to be?Gayle King said she “had a lot of trepidation – I still do – but I also know it’s very interesting to be terrified and excited at the same time. I haven’t felt like this since childbirth. Because I knew childbirth was going to hurt. But it’s also stepping out of your comfort zone.”Mission NS-31 is historic, marking the first time since 1963 that an all-female crew has launched into space, highlighting a significant moment in space exploration and gender representation.Though billed as the first all-female crew to reach the Kármán line, the internationally recognised boundary of space at an altitude of 62 miles, it is not technically so: the cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova flew a solo mission to space in 1963.The mission features several well-known public figures, including: Katy Perry, international pop star; Gayle King, a respected broadcasting personality known for her work on television and in journalism; Lauren Sánchez, a journalist and media personality, who is also the fiancee of Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon and owner of Blue Origin.Developed by Blue Origin, the spacecraft is built to be fully reusable and is specifically engineered for human spaceflight.The rocket operates without pilots. Instead, passengers ride in a compact, round crew capsule positioned at the top of the vehicle.The launch window for Mission NS-31 opens at 8:30am local time in Texas (2.30pm BST), with liftoff taking place from Blue Origin’s launch site in the state. Continue reading...

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