7 h. ago The Blue Origin flight showcased the utter defeat of American feminism | Moira Donegan

The trip leaned on a vision of women’s empowerment that is light on substance and heavy on a childlike, girlish sillinessThere are some spectacles of US decadence and decline that almost seem too on the nose – the sort of orgies of vulgar provocation or fantastic lack of self-awareness that exceed the limits of parody, so that if they were in a novel, you’d think the writer was laying it on a little thick. Among these is the all-female flight by Blue Origin, the Jeff Bezos-owned rocket tourism company, which on Monday launched a phallically shaped pod full of women – including the pop star Katy Perry and Bezos’s partner, Lauren Sánchez – on a brief trip into space.The flight, which was promoted for months in advance, was touted as a triumph of feminism, a win for science and an embrace of the kind of expansive, curious human spirit of striving and possibility that once animated both. Instead, the flight served as a kind of perverse funeral for the America that once enabled both scie...

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16 h. ago What’s more vacuous than an endless vacuum? It’s Lauren Sanchez and Katy Perry’s party in space | Marina Hyde

The all-female Blue Origin flight on Monday broke boundaries and set records in the spouting of girlboss gibberishWell, I watched every second of the buildup, flight and aftermath of the first Blue Origin all-female space trip. You’ve heard of one small step for man? This was one giant leap backwards for womankind. I’m kidding, I’m kidding! What could be more empowering or something than watching Lauren Sánchez make going to space sound like brunch with the girrrrrls. Sally Ride could never.Anyway, if you missed this, Jeff Bezos’s fiancee took an 11-minute trip to the edge of space on one of his Blue Origin craft on Monday, alongside some all-female passengers – sorry, “crew” – who included CBS anchor Gayle King and pop star Katy Perry. So yes: the Woman’s World video is no longer the most plastic feminist thing Katy’s done.Marina Hyde is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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16 h. ago What’s more vacuous than an endless vacuum? It’s Lauren Sánchez and Katy Perry’s party in space | Marina Hyde

The all-female Blue Origin flight on Monday broke boundaries and set records in the spouting of girlboss gibberishWell, I watched every second of the buildup, flight and aftermath of the first Blue Origin all-female space trip. You’ve heard of one small step for man? This was one giant leap backwards for womankind. I’m kidding, I’m kidding! What could be more empowering or something than watching Lauren Sánchez make going to space sound like brunch with the girrrrrls. Sally Ride could never.Anyway, if you missed this, Jeff Bezos’s fiancee took an 11-minute trip to the edge of space on one of his Blue Origin craft on Monday, alongside some all-female passengers – sorry, “crew” – who included CBS anchor Gayle King and pop star Katy Perry. So yes: the Woman’s World video is no longer the most plastic feminist thing Katy’s done.Marina Hyde is a Guardian columnist Continue reading...

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28 h. ago Lauren Sánchez and Gayle King slam critics of Blue Origin space flight: ‘I get really fired up’

The Blue Origin rocket was in space for four minutes before floating back down to Earth

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29 h. ago Lauren Sanchez makes wedding jibe at Jeff Bezos after he blasted her into space on Blue Origin flight

Lauren Sánchez revealed the hilarious joke she made to her fiancé, Jeff Bezos , before her trip to space as a member of Blue Origin 's first all-female flight crew .

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29 h. ago First video emerges from INSIDE the Blue Origin space ship... as Lauren Sanchez, Katy Perry and Gayle King are seen in terror

Blue Origin 's New Shepard rocket had a successful trip into space Monday, but Jeff Bezos ran into turbulence while greeting the returning astronauts.

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34 h. ago So Katy Perry went to space. Wasn’t there anyone else we could have sent? | Zoe Williams

No disrespect to the pop star or the rest of Blue Origin’s all-female crew, but most of them weren’t obvious astronaut materialI am broadly of the view that Katy Perry should do whatever she likes, and wear whatever she likes, and if she wants to be shot into space for no obvious purpose looking like one of Charlie’s Angels, then that falls squarely into those categories. So why am I so bothered by Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket, which has just made a suborbital flight to the edge of space and back? OK, it’s partly the outfits (see Angels, Charlie’s, above), but it’s mainly the flight manifest: Perry joined Lauren Sánchez, Jeff Bezos’s fiancee; Amanda Nguyen, a civil rights activist; CBS Mornings co-host Gayle King; film producer Kerianne Flynn and former Nasa rocket scientist Aisha Bowe. I cannot help but notice that only two of these women had anything to do with astronauting (Nguyen studied astrophysics and interned at Nasa before becoming an activist).Obviously it’s very staid...

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34 h. ago Katy Perry, Jeff Bezos’ fiancee Lauren Sanchez and four others arrive back on Earth after space flight – live

The Amazon founder’s Blue Origin lands minutes after liftoff at 9.30am ETIt’s a clear, crisp morning in Texas. There’s a crackle of anticipation among the supporters gathered to watch the big launch.A lot at stake here. This launch could be the defining moment for Blue Origin’s reputation in space travel. Continue reading...

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34 h. ago Blue Origin crew including Katy Perry safely returns to Earth after space flight

All-female crew led by Jeff Bezos’s fiancee Lauren Sánchez lands in Texas after reaching the edge of outer spaceKaty Perry’s space flight – latest updatesSix women – including the pop star Katy Perry and morning TV host Gayle King – safely completed a trip to the edge of outer space and back from a private Texas ranch on Monday morning on a rocket belonging to Jeff Bezos, the Amazon co-founder and commercial space flight entrepreneur.The women, who also included Bezos’s fiancee, Lauren Sánchez, made the trip to the Kármán line – the internationally recognized boundary of space – to float about, weightlessly, in the rocket’s capsule for three minutes before returning to Earth. Continue reading...

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34 h. ago Jeff Bezos FACEPLANTS as he scrambles to find the door to his celeb

Blue Origin 's New Shepard rocket has just taken an all-female crew of celebrity astronauts to space in a history-making event not seen in 60 years.

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35 h. ago Katy Perry and Jeff Bezos’ fiancee Lauren Sanchez about to take space flight with all

The Amazon founder’s Blue Origin is due to take off at 9.30am ET, with the trip expected to last about 11 minutesIt’s a clear, crisp morning in Texas. There’s a crackle of anticipation among the supporters gathered to watch the big launch.A lot at stake here. This launch could be the defining moment for Blue Origin’s reputation in space travel. Continue reading...

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36 h. ago Doctors reveal scary reality of what happens to Botox, filler and breast implants in space

Lauren Sánchez's journey into space on fiancé Jeff Bezos's rocket is raising health concerns due to her alleged cosmetic enhancements.

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36 h. ago Katy Perry and Jeff Bezos’ fiancee Lauren Sanchez ready for space flight with all

The Amazon founder’s Blue Origin is due to undertake its 11th flight with six women on boardTrips like these raise questions: are they anything more than joy rides – and do they need to be?Gayle King said she “had a lot of trepidation – I still do – but I also know it’s very interesting to be terrified and excited at the same time. I haven’t felt like this since childbirth. Because I knew childbirth was going to hurt. But it’s also stepping out of your comfort zone.”Mission NS-31 is historic, marking the first time since 1963 that an all-female crew has launched into space, highlighting a significant moment in space exploration and gender representation.Though billed as the first all-female crew to reach the Kármán line, the internationally recognised boundary of space at an altitude of 62 miles, it is not technically so: the cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova flew a solo mission to space in 1963.The mission features several well-known public figures, including: Katy Perry, internationa...

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37 h. ago Katy Perry space trip LIVE: Pop star to blast off in Amazon owner's Blue Origin rocket

Katy Perry will take part in a Blue Origin New Shepard flight to the edge of space along with Jeff Bezos' fiancée Lauren Sánchez and four other women in the first all-female commercial space flight

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42 h. ago Katy Perry hails ‘incredible and inspiring’ women on her space flight

The 40-year-old US pop star is part of a six-woman crew flying to space on Jeff Bezos’s New Shepard NS-31 mission.

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42 h. ago Katy Perry says space trip was a sign from 'the heavens' after wowing in rocket suit

Katy Perry is set to jet off into space on Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin rocket in a matter of hours, and it seems she's not feeling nervous about the daring trip

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46 h. ago Katy Perry takes astronaut lessons hours before space mission

The US popstar will join five other women to make the first all-female space crew in 62 years.

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52 h. ago Katy Perry ‘received message from the universe’ to take part in space mission

The US pop star is joining a flight on Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin rocket.

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59 h. ago 'Putting the ASS in astronaut': Katy Perry and Lauren Sanchez debut 'sexy' space suits for all

Katy Perry looked ready for action on Sunday as she posed alongside Lauren Sánchez in their bodycon space outfits ahead of their Blue Origin space mission on Monday.

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61 h. ago Katy Perry says why she's on Jeff Bezos' space flight tomorrow and live streaming mission

Katy Perry is going cosmic, and will make history when she travels to space for the first time as a pop star, on April 14 – and the singer will be part of an all-female crew on the Blue Origin flight

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