Picture credit: Blue Origin Pop star Katy Perry became one of the few civilians to travel to space aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard spacecraft on Monday. In a post on X after her return, Perry wrote, “There’s no place like home,” accompanied by a heart and an Earth emoji, signalling her relief and gratitude for […]
Blue Origin successfully completed its 11th human spaceflight on Monday, sending an all-female crew — including pop star Katy Perry, journalist Gayle King, and Jeff Bezos’ fiancée Lauren Sánchez — past the edge of space and bringing them safely back to Earth in a sub-orbital flight that lasted around 10 minutes.The rocket lifted off just […]
It was the first spaceflight to have an all-female crew since Valentina Tereshkova flew solo in 1963 for Soviet Union and became first woman to reach space. It included Katy Perry (L), Gayle King, Aisha Bowe, Kerianne Flynn, Bezos’ fiancee Lauren Sanchez (bottom right) and Amanda Nguyen (AFP and Reuters) Broadcast journalist Gayle King and […]
Katy Perry, Lauren Sanchez board the Blue Origin rocket ahead of their 11-minute flight to space today. Katy Perry, Lauren Sanchez, Aisha Bowe, Amanda Nguyen, Gayle King and Kerianne Flynn flew to space today for 11 minutes in the Blue Origin NS-31. The no-pilot automatic rocket took off at 9.30am from Texas and will pass […]
The iconic blue bird logo that once adorned Twitter’s former San Francisco headquarters has been sold for $34,375 at an auction. The 560-pound (254-kilogram) sign, measuring 12 feet by 9 feet (3.7 metres by 2.7 metres), was removed after Elon Musk rebranded the social media giant to X.The auction was conducted by RR Auction, a […]
