The first image of Blue Origin’s all-female crew floating in zero gravity has been released.
As they marveled at the moon, the crew—which included pop sensation Katy Perry and Jeff Bezos’ fiancée Lauren Sánchez—were seen turning upside down in the capsule.
The 11-minute mission, which began Monday at 9:30 am ET from West Texas, involved the six women spending three minutes in zero gravity.
Perry held up a patch that represented the Bahamas and displayed the daisy she brought with her to honor her daughter, NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe.
In the video, civil rights activist Amanda Nguyne was seen grinning while floating weightlessly, and filmmaker Kieranne Flynn was seen gazing out the window at an Earth that was dazzlingly glowing in the blackness of space.
Screams could be heard both during the’soft’ landing back on the ground and as they shot into space on the New Shepard rocket, but inside the capsule, everyone was smiling.
However, Bezos stumbled in a ditch while hurrying to open the capsule door, causing some turbulence as he greeted the returning crew.
Following their safe return, Perry took the lead in the festivities by descending to the ground and planting a kiss on the Texas soil. Her fellow crew members followed suit.