Blue Origin Launches All-Woman Crew on NS-31 Mission Written 15 April 2025
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Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket launches the NS-31 mission – a suborbital flight to the edge of space and back. | Credit: Blue Origin
Space News reports, “Blue Shepard launched six women, including a pop star and TV show host, on a suborbital flight of the company’s New Shepard vehicle April 14. New Shepard lifted off at 9:30 a.m. Eastern from the company’s Launch Site One in West Texas after a problem-free countdown. The vehicle’s capsule, RSS Kármán Line, reached a peak altitude of 106 kilometers before landing 10 minutes and 21 seconds after liftoff.”
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Blue Origin’s launch with Katy Perry and Gayle King
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