Blue Origin Announces All-Female Crew for Next Mission

NS-31, set to launch in spring, will include pop star Katy Perry and CBS journalist Gayle King.

Kimberly Johnson

Thursday, February 27, 2025 at 02:08 PM ET

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Blue Origin will launch NS-31 this spring. [Courtesy: Blue Origin]

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Blue Origin announced its NS-31 space tourism mission will feature an all-female crew, set to launch this spring.
The six-person crew includes global pop superstar Katy Perry, CBS Mornings cohost Gayle King, a former NASA rocket scientist, and other notable figures.
This mission will be the first all-female flight crew since Valentina Tereshkova's solo spaceflight in 1963.

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Blue Origin will have an all-female crew that includes one of the biggest pop superstars and a CBS journalist for its next space tourism mission, NS-31, set to launch in spring, it announced Thursday.

“This mission will be the 11th human flight for the New Shepard program and the 31st in its history,” Blue Origin said. “To date, the program has flown 52 people above the Kármán line, the internationally recognized boundary of space.”