A Blue Origin rocket sent pop star Katy Perry and company founder Jeff Bezos’ fiancee Lauren Sánchez on a trip to the edge of space and back, the first time an all-female crew went to space in more than 60 years.
The flight launched at 9:31 a.m. New York time from West Texas on a roughly 11-minute trip for a quick experience of weightlessness. The other members on board were CBS’s Gayle King, producer Kerianne Flynn, former NASA scientist Aisha Bowe, and Amanda Nguyen, a scientist and advocate for survivors of sexual violence.