BLAST OFF! Blue Origin launches first-ever all female crew into space

History has been made as Katy Perry, Gayle King, Lauren Sanchez, and three other women became the first-ever all-female crew to visit space. Also aboard the flight was research scientist Amanda Nguyen, filmmaker Kerianne Flynn, and NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe.

The star-studded launch lifted off Monday morning from West Texas, as the women embarked on about an 11-minute spaceflight some 60 miles above the earth before returning safely aboard a Blue Origin capsule.

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