3 h. ago Astronaut Amanda Nguyen says backlash from Blue Origin flight left her depressed

In a statement shared on Instagram, Nguyen says she faced a ‘tsunami of harassment’ after the all-female spaceflightAmanda Nguyen, the Vietnamese-American astronaut who was part of the all-female Blue Origin spaceflight, has opened up about her depression after she experienced a “tsunami of harassment” after the trip, in which she became the first Vietnamese woman to go to space.Nguyen, 34, was part of April’s historic 11-minute flight, whose crew included pop star Katy Perry, broadcast journalist Gayle King, and journalist and wife of Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sánchez. The flight was heavily criticized for its environmental impact and critics questioned its purpose and use of resources. Continue reading...

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11 h. ago 2025 was the year we grew tired of celebrity for celebrity’s sake | Nadia Khomami

Being blasted into space or taking over Venice no longer cuts it. The rich and famous are being punished for their conspicuous vacuityWhen Katy Perry and five other women were launched into space in Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin rocket, no doubt they expected to be celebrated as trailblazers. Cast your mind back to April, and the event was getting wall-to-wall news coverage. The crew, also including Bezos’s then-fiancee Lauren Sánchez and CBS presenter Gayle King, were in space for about 11 minutes, during which Perry sang a rendition of Louis Armstrong’s What a Wonderful World and revealed the setlist for her Lifetimes tour. On their return, the pop star kissed the ground and showed a daisy to the camera – a tribute to her daughter, Daisy. Well, talk about crashing back down to earth. Instead of being hailed as a giant leap for 21st-century feminism, the voyage turned into a colossal PR failure. It was ridiculed for being tone-deaf, an out-of-touch luxury ride for the super-rich during ...

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12 h. ago EasyJet flight heading for Iceland forced to land in UK due to adverse weather

The flight left Manchester at 5.45pm and was set to land in Reykjavik at 6.40pm on December 28. However, the flight was diverted to the Scottish capital.

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17 h. ago Astronaut reveals depression after an 'avalanche of misogyny' following Blue Origin all

Amanda Nguyen, 34, has opened up about the depression she felt amid the backlash to her April space flight.

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24 h. ago Astronaut Amanda Nguyen opens up about depression after Blue Origin spaceflight launched a ‘tsunami of harassment’

Katy Perry, Gayle King, and Lauren Sánchez Bezos were on the 11-minute trip with Nguyen

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3 d. ago The year in patriarchy: Taylor Swift, Trump 2.0 and the Epstein files | Arwa Mahdawi

The year 2025 saw a Swift engagement, a rapid rollback of rights and a slow release of the heavily redacted Epstein filesThe year 2025 would have been far better if we could have sent a few billionaires and world leaders into intergalactic exile. Instead, we had to make do with Katy Perry spending 11 minutes on the edge of space as part of Blue Origin’s all-female crewed mission. Perry promised us all that, in service of women’s empowerment, the crew would “put the ‘ass’ in astronaut” and “make space and science glam”. Truly, one giant leap for womankind!Space may have got glam, but it was another glum year for many on Earth. The war in Ukraine continued, with increasing numbers of women volunteering to fight. The civil war in Sudan raged on, with the UN urging the world not to ignore harrowing details of targeted sexual violence, torture, and abductions from the region. The slaughter in Sudan is so extreme that the blood can even be seen from space. Although I’m not sure the billio...

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5 d. ago Biggest showbiz stories of 2025: From Coldplay’s KissCam to Katy Perry in space

In April, pop star Katy Perry was a part of the six-woman crew on Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin rocket who embarked on a trip to space.

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6 d. ago Woman has message for everyone after being asked same question 3 times on flight

A woman was asked to move seats on three separate occasions during her long-haul flight, and she was left 'seething' by the time she landed in San Juan, Puerto Rico

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1 week ago Watch: Engineer becomes first wheelchair user to go to space

An engineer became the first wheelchair user to travel to space on Saturday, 20 December.

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1 week ago Woman becomes first wheelchair user to ever visit space on historic Blue Origin flight

Her goal is to make not only space accessible to the disabled, but to improve accessibility on Earth too

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1 week ago Paraplegic engineer becomes the first wheelchair user to blast off for space

A paraplegic engineer looking to become the first wheelchair user in space has blasted off on a rocket ride with Blue Origin

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2 w. ago Ryanair passengers denied boarding despite plane ‘still being at airport’ as ‘aircraft waited to unload their luggage’

MORE than 40 Ryanair passengers were left stranded in Budapest after being denied boarding their flight - despite the plane "still being at the airport". Social media footage showed a group of fuming holidaymakers quarrelling with a staff member after being refused entry for no apparent reason. In the dramatic footage, several tourists are seen...

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2 w. ago Arne Slot's key decision as Liverpool beat Brighton while Mo Salah saga takes latest twist

Liverpool are back to winning ways in the Premier League as Mohamed Salah left his mark on their top flight clash with Brighton on Saturday

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3 w. ago Billionaire spacewalker is back before the Senate seeking NASA's top job

Billionaire spacewalker Jared Isaacman is back before the Senate after being yanked and then renominated by President Donald Trump for NASA's top job

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