\nKaty Perry, Gayle King and Lauren S\u00e1nchez Go to Space and Back in Historic All-Female Blue Origin Flight\n
Blue Origin’s first all-female flight crew just went to space.\n
Flight NS-31 took off from West Texas on Monday, April 14, in a historic trip set that lasted about eight minutes.\n
The round-trip expedition went to the edge of space before promptly returning, as the women inside \u2014 including Katy Perry, journalist Gayle King and philanthropist Lauren S\u00e1nchez \u2014 could be heard shouting in excitement from inside their New Shepard rocket.\n
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The group of six also included former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, bioastronautics research scientist Amanda Nguyen and film producer Kerianne Flynn. \n
Among the onlookers at the launch site was Perry’s daughter Daisy, whom she shares with Orlando Bloom (who was also there) as well as King’s best friend Oprah Winfrey and others, like Kris Jenner and Khlo\u00e9 Kardashian.\n
The women sat down with Elle ahead of their trip, sharing their nerves and excitement. King said she had ongoing feelings of \u201ctrepidation\u201d but was \u201creally really excited\u201d about the opportunity. \n
“I also know it\u2019s very interesting to be terrified and excited at the same time. I haven\u2019t felt like this since childbirth, really. Because I knew childbirth was going to hurt. But it\u2019s also stepping out of your comfort zone,” the CBS broadcaster, 70, said.\n
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Elsewhere in that interview, the \u201cFirework\u201d singer, 40, said the women weren\u2019t going to space without looking their best. \n
Perry said: \u201cSpace is going to finally be glam. Let me tell you something. If I could take glam up with me, I would do that. We are going to put the ‘ass’ in astronaut.” \n
Bowe, 38, already tested her makeup look and hairstyle, telling Elle, \u201cI skydived in Dubai with similar hair to make sure I would be good\u2014took it for a dry run.\u201d\n
The flight did not come without its share of criticism. Earlier this month, actress Olivia Munn voiced her discontent on the April 3 episode of Today With Jenna and Friends. \n
\u201cWhat are they doing?\u201d the Newsroom star, 44, asked of the crew. \n
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\u201cI know this probably isn\u2019t the cool thing to say,\u201d she added, per Page Six. \u201cBut there are so many other things that are so important in the world right now.\u201d\n
She later added: \u201cIf you wanna go to space, why do you need to tell us about it, you know? It\u2019s just like, go up there, have a good time, come on down.\u201d\n
Host Jenna Bush Hager mentioned the crew\u2019s intention to fly in full glam \u2014 to which Munn asked, \u201cWhat? They said this out loud?!\u201d\n
\u201cWhat\u2019s the point? Is it historic that you guys are going on a ride? I think it\u2019s a bit gluttonous,\u201d she said. \u201cSpace exploration was to further our knowledge and to help mankind. What are they gonna do up there that has made it better for us down here?\u201d\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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