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Pop star Katy Perry and crew's Blue Origin spaceflight souvenirs
So what did each NS-31 crew member pick to fly? A mix of muppets, an Apollo artifact, Bahamian chowder and more.
Do the all-female Blue Origin rocket crew count as astronauts? And what Katy Perry sang in space
A popstar, a journalist, a civil rights activist, rocket scientist and filmmaker have gone into space. And the mission was ...
Breaking the Gender Barrier May Be New for Space Tourism—But Not for NASA Missions
Blue Origin's all-female 11-minute flight on April 14 reminds us that there's a long line of women who have been making ...
Introducing the Stars of Blue Origin’s All-Female Flight
The women making history on Blue Origin’s first all-female flight—Katy Perry, Lauren Sánchez, Gayle King, Aisha Bowe, Amanda ...
Katy Perry becomes first pop star to travel to space with all-female crew
Katy Perry is among the six-woman crew flying to space on Jeff Bezos' New Shepard NS-31 mission, and is the first pop star to ...
Astronomy on MSN8d
How Project Gemini changed spaceflight
These NASA missions were not only a steppingstone to the Moon, but influenced many aspects of the way humans still travel ...
A Billionaire Promised Artists a Trip to the Moon. They Never Got Off the Ground
An enigmatic Japanese billionaire picked 10 artists to fly to the moon, only to pull the plug. Now they’re figuring out ...
Tom Hanks’ existential approach to his worst movie: “Isn’t that the question of all cinema?”
Tom Hanks is one of the leading forces within American cinema, defining decades of filmmaking and forging his own unique ...
Will Katy Perry sing in space - and will the all-female Blue Origin rocket crew count as astronauts?
Popstar Katy Perry, author Lauren Sanchez, journalist and TV presenter Gayle King, civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen, ...
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The Best-Built Airplane That Ever Was
Tighten up (from the top): Heritage Flight Museum founder and Apollo 8 veteran William Anders ... that deafens and pierces at the same time. “The roar of that engine is the biggest thrill ...