How Katy Perry And Blue Origin's All-female Crew Are Preparing For Space
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The countdown is on for an all-female crew , headlined by singer Katy Perry , to blast off to space on a Blue Origin rocket.
For the April 14 flight on New Shepard, Perry will be joined by journalist Gayle King, former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, bioastronautics research scientist and civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen, filmmaker Kerianne Flynn and journalist and helicopter pilot Lauren Sánchez, who is engaged to Blue Origin owner Jeff Bezos.
The flight will last only around 11 minutes and reach a height of about 65 miles above Earth. The Kármán line, considered the boundary between Earth's atmosphere and outer space, is 62 miles, so Perry and her fellow crew members will not actually be launched into orbit.
In their first interview together as a crew, King told ELLE that she is preparing for the flight by learning to meditate, to help ease her anxiety.
⁘I'm starting to meditate. I tried it years ago, but one of these women said, 'I have the perfect person for you.' So he's coming to my house,⁘ Gayle told the outlet for its special April digital cover issue. ⁘I have some sessions planned before we go up just to help me with [my anxiety].⁘
Bowe said that she ⁘turned up the intensity⁘ of her preparations in the final countdown to the launch.
Flynn said she is utilizing zero-gravity simulation flights to get used to the feeling of weightlessness.
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