Katy Perry, Gayle King, and Lauren Sanchez chosen for Blue Origin’s next space flight

Published March 1, 2025 6:00am ET



Blue Origin has revealed the crew members of the New Shepard rocket’s next trip to space, marking its 11th voyage into the stars with a passenger crew.

The most notable crew members of this launch, expected to occur sometime this spring, include musician Katy Perry and Lauren Sanchez, a pilot and the fiancee of Blue Origin founder and owner Jeff Bezos. Other crew members include CBS Mornings co-host Gayle King, former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, bioastronautics research scientist Amanda Nguyen, and film producer Kerianne Flynn.

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