Blue Origin Sent Celebs Up For Minutes. They Came Back With Astronaut Egos.
By Lauren Bair
Published on April 14, 2026.
The one-year anniversary of the Blue Origin x Jeff Bezos all-female celebrity mission to the sky marks the anniversary of this mission. The crew included celebrities including Oprah's best friend, Gayle King, "CBS Mornings" anchor, "Katy Perry," former NASA rocket scientist turned "citizen astronaut" Aisha Bowe, self-proclaimed "civil rights astronaut" Amanda Nguyễn, and filmmaking "space socialite" Kerianne Flynn. Over the past 11 years, Blue Origin has completed almost 40 flights, launching almost 100 people to zero gravity via the suborbital New Shepard rocket. The mission was the most famous to date and the crew spent two days training for this mission, spending eight minutes in a rocket traveling 62 miles high. The new space suits were designed by Lauren Sánchez and the creative team behind fashion house Oscar de la Renta.
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