Blue Origin’s New Shepard is carrying an all-female flight crew to the edge of space on April 14, 2025. Since the celebrity-packed group has been eagerly preparing for their flight, many back on Earth have been wondering how long they’ll be in space. Below, learn more about the Blue Origin’s flight.
Who Is in the All-Female Blue Origin Crew?
The female Blue Origin crew includes Katy Perry, Lauren Sánchez, Gayle King, Aisha Bowe, Amanda Nguyen and Kerianne Flynn.
How Long Will the Blue Origin Crew Be in Space?
Blue Origin’s all-female flight crew will be on the edge of space, about 100 kilometers in the sky, for around 10 minutes. The group will feel weightlessness before they descend and return.
Why Did Katy Perry & Celebrities Go to Space?
The celebrity flight crew unanimously said they had always wanted to go to space. Katy explained that she was “really excited about the engineering of it all” while speaking with ITV News ahead of the April 14, 2025, launch.
“I’m excited to learn more about STEM and just the math about what it takes to accomplish this type of thing,” the “Firework” artist said. “I’ve always been interested in astrophysics and interested in astronomy and astrology and the stars,” she told the outlet. “I feel like we are made of stardust and we all come from the stars, and it will be exciting to see them twinkle from that site. And also have such an appreciation for Mother Earth when we see it in that way. Many people, not many, but the people that have gone have had real profound things to say and have brought down ideas that have been world-changing.”
During a separate interview with Elle, Katy joked that her initial reaction to receiving the invitation was, “What am I going to wear?”
“But seriously, I have wanted to go to space for almost 20 years,” the pop star said. “I was investigating all of the possible commercial options. Even when Blue Origin was first talking about commercial travel to space, I was like, ‘Sign me up! I’m first in line.’ And then, they called me, and I was like, ‘Really? I get an invite?’”
