Not only Katy Perry: Jeff Bezos shoots these women into space

The tension increases: On April 14th, around 3:30 p.m. German time, the first completely female crew should start into space. The approximately eleven -minute flight is part of Jeff Bezos’ (61). The rocket with six women on board will start in the Texas desert and rise to a height of 100 kilometers. It will be the first purely female space flight since Valentina Tereshkovas (88) Solo flight in 1963. In addition, some of the participants could write more history.

Popstar Katy Perry (40), who is the best -known face of the team, received a lot of attention in advance. “I have been dreaming of flying into this for 15 years,” she emphasized in advance. the partner of Orlando Bloom (48) shared impressions of the preparations and presented the spatial suits that the crew will wear. But who are the other five women who want to take off on April 14th?

The former journalist, actress and entrepreneur Lauren Sánchez (55) has been engaged to Jeff Bezos since 2023. She directed the organization of the historical mission and that she had chosen each of the women because of her proven ability to inspire others. “Each of these women is a story of their own. They will fly into space and pass on their feelings in different ways.”

Sanchez, which is used as a helicopter pilot, also designed the body -hugging blue suits that the crew will wear. She explained to the “New York Times”: “Let us think again. Usually these suits are made for men. Then they are adapted for women.” Therefore, she had designed an outfit especially for women for the first time. Thanks to the underwear by Kim Kardashians (44) brand Skims, another celebrity woman will be involved in the mission.

Journalist Gayle King (70) forms the third prominent face among space tourists and is considered a real moderation legend in the USA. The journalist known by “CBS This Morning” is also editor-in-chief of “O, The Oprah Magazine” and a close girlfriend of Talk Queen Oprah Winfrey (71). The “Time Magazine” was one of the “100 most influential personalities” in 2019. She and Lauren Sánchez would be the first journalists who have ever flown to space.

The film and documentary producer Kerianne Flynn (57) has a special mission: she wants to shed light on topics such as gender equality and social effects with her productions such as “Lilly” (2024), “The Automatic Hate” (2015) and “This Changes Everything” (2018). In conversation with the “Elle” magazine, Flynn shared her thoughts on the importance of the all-experience: “I can hardly wait to land on earth and to tell the world what we bring home.”

The former NASA aircraft engineer Aisha Bowe (38) with Bahama roots is very familiar with space. After her master’s degree in aerospace technology and space technology at the University of Michigan, she worked for NASA for six years. She gave up the job because she wanted to found her own company. “Stemboard”, their technology company, which develops intelligent systems and solutions for large US federal and private customers, was named one of the fastest growing companies in America in 2023. She emphasized in advance to “Elle” that she would become the first person of Bahama descent in space. In doing so, she continues the dream of her father who had recently died.

The Harvard graduate and bioastronaut researcher Amanda Nguyen (33) is the second specialist on board alongside Bowe. She worked with the NASA, with and the International Institute for Astronautical Sciences. In addition to her scientific achievements, she is also an advocate of the rights of victims of sexual assault and was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019. She would be the first Vietnamese in space. “My parents are boat refugees from Vietnam. We came with boats and are now in spaceships,” she said to “Elle”. She wanted to use science “as an instrument for peace and reconciliation”.