NS-31 flies an all-female crew of six, including Katy Perry, Gayle King and Lauren Sánchez

Blue Origin/New Shepard

New Shepard's NS-31 flight on April 14 carried Lauren Sánchez, Katy Perry, Gayle King, Aisha Bowe, Amanda Nguyen, and Kerianne Flynn on a roughly 10-minute flight to suborbital space. The mission marked the first all-female crew in space since Valentina Tereshkova flew solo in 1963, reaching a peak altitude of 346,802 feet (106 km).

• Six crew members: Sánchez, Perry, King, Bowe (NASA rocket scientist), Nguyen (civil rights activist), Flynn (film producer).
• Flight duration ~10 minutes; apogee 346,802 ft (106 km) above ground level.
• First all-female crew since Valentina Tereshkova (1963, USSR); historic milestone.
• Launch 8:30 AM CDT; capsule landing 8:40:21 AM CDT; one parachute deployed (system designed to land safely on two or one).