Blue Origin space flight

April 14, 2025 4:07 PM

Blue Origin to fly Katy Perry to edge of space with all-female crew

Pop star Katy Perry, along with five other women, is set to make history by traveling to the edge of space on Monday evening aboard Jeff Bezos’ aerospace venture Blue Origin’s tourist mission. The six-member crew is scheduled to lift off on the company’s reusable New Shepard rocket — NS-31 — from Launch Site One in West Texas at 8:30 a.m. CDT (7:00 p.m. IST). This marks the 11th human flight to suborbital space by Blue Origin. The journey will last approximately 11 minutes and reac...

SERA names India as partner country for Blue Origin space flight

The U.S.-based Space Exploration and Research Agency (SERA) on Monday announced India as a partner country in its human spaceflight programme, which will see six citizen astronauts from across the world launched into space. The programme, being executed in collaboration with Blue Origin, is meant for people from countries who have sent "few or no astronauts" to space, the agency said. The selected citizens will undertake the 11-minute journey in New Shepard, Blue Origin's reusable suborbital r...