Blue Origin has completed its 11th human spaceflight named NS-31 for the New Shepard program. The first all-female astronaut crew included Aisha Bowe, Amanda Nguyễn, Gayle King, Katy Perry ...

Lauren and Bowe share a laugh as they float in the weightlessness of space.© Blue Origin The New Shepard 31 was the first, all-female crew mission since a cosmonaut's solo flight in 1963.© AP ...

The only other all-female crew in 64 years of human spaceflight was back in 1963. That’s when Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova launched by herself, becoming the first woman in space.

The first all-female space crew in more than 60 years included six celebrity women in a 10-minute flight on Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket, the latest launch in the wave of growing space tourism.

After an all-female crew took an 10-minute flight to space on the Blue Origin rocket on Monday, celebrities shared their thoughts on the "gluttonous" trip.

The six-member crew included Lauren Sánchez, Katy Perry, Gayle King, Aisha Bowe, Amanda Nguyễn, and Kerianne Flynn, who experienced weightlessness during the approximately 11-minute flight.

Pop star Katy Perry and five other women launched into space on a Blue Origin rocket and successfully returned to Earth today, marking the first all-female spaceflight in more than 60 years.

The only other all-female crew in 64 years of human spaceflight was back in 1963. That’s when Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova launched by herself, becoming the first woman in space.

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