Blue Origin NS-31

Blue Origin NS-31
Mission type	Crewed sub-orbital spaceflight
Crew
Crew size	6
Members	Aisha Bowe; Amanda Nguyen; Gayle King; Katy Perry; Kerianne Flynn; Lauren Sánchez;
Start of mission
Launch date	NET Spring 2025
Rocket	New Shepard
Launch site	Corn Ranch, LS-1
Contractor	Blue Origin
End of mission
Landing site	Corn Ranch
	New Shepard crewed flights ← Blue Origin NS-30 TBD → New Shepard flights ← Blue Origin NS-30 Blue Origin NS-32 →

Blue Origin NS-31 is an upcoming sub-orbital spaceflight mission, operated by Blue Origin, scheduled to launch in Spring 2025.^[1] The spaceflight will be the first all-female crew since Valentina Tereshkova's solo spaceflight on Vostok 6.^[2]

The crew of six will include pop singer Katy Perry, journalist Gayle King and Lauren Sánchez, a pilot and journalist who is known to the public for her engagement to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.^[3]

Crew

Prime crew
Position	Crew
Tourist	Aisha Bowe First spaceflight
Tourist	Amanda Nguyen First spaceflight
Tourist	Gayle King First spaceflight
Tourist	Katy Perry First spaceflight
Tourist	Kerianne Flynn First spaceflight
Tourist	Lauren Sánchez First spaceflight

References

^ @blueorigin (27 February 2025). "🚀 Meet the New Shepard NS-31 crew launching this spring: Aisha Bowe, Amanda Nguyen, Gayle King, Katy Perry, Kerianne Flynn, and Lauren Sánchez, who brought the mission together. Read more: https://bit.ly/3Xgwc5N" (Tweet). Retrieved 27 February 2025 – via Twitter.
^ Rice, Doyle (27 February 2025). "Historic all-woman space flight to include Katy Perry, Lauren Sanchez". USA TODAY. Retrieved 27 February 2025.
^ Strickland, Ashley (2025-02-27). "Katy Perry and Gayle King are among 6 women headed to space aboard New Shepard". CNN. Retrieved 2025-02-27.

[crewtweet-1] @blueorigin (27 February 2025). "🚀 Meet the New Shepard NS-31 crew launching this spring: Aisha Bowe, Amanda Nguyen, Gayle King, Katy Perry, Kerianne Flynn, and Lauren Sánchez, who brought the mission together. Read more: https://bit.ly/3Xgwc5N" (Tweet). Retrieved 27 February 2025 – via Twitter.

[2] Rice, Doyle (27 February 2025). "Historic all-woman space flight to include Katy Perry, Lauren Sanchez". USA TODAY. Retrieved 27 February 2025.

[3] Strickland, Ashley (2025-02-27). "Katy Perry and Gayle King are among 6 women headed to space aboard New Shepard". CNN. Retrieved 2025-02-27.

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Blue Origin
Vehicles	Charon^† Goddard^† PM2^‡ New Shepard Propulsion modules Tail 1 ^‡ Tail 2 ^† Tail 3 ^‡ Tail 4 Tail 5 Capsules Jules Verne ^† H.G. Wells First Step Kármán Line New Glenn Blue Moon ^* Blue Ring LPV LPV Jacklyn (ship)^† LPV1 Jacklyn (barge)
Rocket engines	BE-1 ^† BE-2 ^† BE-3 BE-4 BE-7 ^*
Notable spaceflights	New Glenn launches NS-15 NS-16 NS-17 NS-18 NS-19 NS-20 NS-21 NS-22 NS-23^X NS-24 NS-25 NS-26 NS-27 NS-28 NS-30 NS-31
Facilities	Headquarters Kent, Washington Corn Ranch Launch Complex 36 Cape Canaveral Space Launch Complex 9 Vandenberg
Key people	Jeff Bezos (founder) Dave Limp (CEO) Jeffrey Ashby (chief of mission assurance) Nicholas Patrick (human integration architect)
Related	Commercial astronaut Billionaire space race Blue Origin Federation, LLC v. United States
* – denotes unflown vehicles or engines † – denotes retired vehicles, engines, products ‡ – denotes destroyed vehicles ^X – denotes failed flight

Speedway

Crew

References