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6-woman crew to go to edge of space on Bezos' New Shepard launch this spring [1]
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Date: 2025-02-27
With celebrities such as Katy Perry, Lauren Sanchez and Gayle King on board, the all-woman crew will make a journey into space when the New Shepard spacecraft takes off from the west Texas desert this spring. The company says it's the first all-woman flight since the Soviet Union's Valentina Tereshkova’s solo spaceflight in 1963.
The other three women are:
Aisha Bowe: Bowe is a former NASA rocket scientist, entrepreneur, and global STEM advocate. She is the CEO of STEMBoard and the founder of LINGO.
Amanda Nguyen: Nguyen, a bioastronautics research scientist, said "as the first Vietnamese woman to go to space, I’m flying for Vietnamese girls to see themselves in the stars."
Kerianne Flynn: Flynn has spent the last decade focused on nonprofit work and film production. In 2024, she produced the film Lilly, which portrays the journey of Lilly Ledbetter, the American activist whose Supreme Court case led to the passing of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act in 2009.
“This flight will undoubtedly prove to be a life-changing experience for each of us, and I’m honored to be with such an incredible group of explorers,” said Sánchez, fiancée of Bezos, who pulled the flight crew together. “Most importantly, I am looking forward to all the women in this crew sharing their story and inspiring future generations to dream big.”
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