The star-studded Monday morning voyage to the edge of space took place from Blue Origin's private launch facility in west Texas. Perry and King, who co-hosts "CBS Mornings," were among six women selected for the short flight operated by billionaire Jeff Bezos' private space company. Also on the crew was civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen, former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, filmmaker Kerianne Flynn and Lauren Sánchez, an Emmy Award-winning journalist who is also Bezos' fiancée.
Now that the vehicle has launched and landed, the group of six women are officially the first all-female crew to travel to space since 1963, Blue Origin has said. The women are also now among 52 others who have previously boarded Blue Origin's New Shepard launch vehicle to head more than 60 miles high for a few minutes of weightlessness and spectacular views of Earth.
Monday morning's spaceflight was the New Shepard's 31st overall launch, including the 11th with humans on board.
The New Shepard, composed of both a rocket and crew capsule, has been making human spaceflights since July 2021, when Bezos himself boarded the spacecraft as part of its maiden crew.
Source: www.usatoday.com
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