Blue Origin ship with Katy Perry and Bezos' fiancee flew into space

The New Shepard spacecraft with singer Katy Perry and the fiancee of American entrepreneur Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sanchez, successfully flew into space. This was announced on April 14 by the Blue Origin reusable rocket company.

"The New Shepard astronauts ascended into space at three times the speed of sound. They passed the Pocket line, the internationally recognized boundary of space at an altitude of 100 km above the Earth, before unfastening to hover in zero gravity and look at our planet," the company's website says.

In addition to Perry and Sanchez, the crew included film producer Maryann Flynn, TV presenter Gayle King, ex-NASA scientist Aisha Bowe and bioastroonautics specialist Amanda Nguyen.

Their flight lasted just over 10 minutes, after which the descent capsule successfully landed in the area of the launch pad.

Earlier, on April 1, the Crewdragon manned spacecraft of the SpaceX company of American entrepreneur Elon Musk launched for an orbital flight over the poles of the Earth. The crew included Maltese businessman and researcher Chun Wang, the first female astronaut from Germany, Rabea Rogge, Australian researcher Eric Philips and Norwegian filmmaker Yannike Mikkelsen.