>>Blue Origin To Launch All Female Crew Monday
(Van Horn, TX) -- An all female crew of celebrities will be aboard Blue Origin's next flight to the edge of space. The launch is set for Monday with pop-star Katy Perry and co-host of "CBS Mornings" Gayle King among the six notables. They'll be joined by Jeff Bezo's fiance and former journalist Lauren Sanchez, former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, research scientist Amanda Nyguen [[ win ]] and movie producer Kerianne Flynn. The event is billed as a history-making flight since the last all female crew involved a Russian cosmonaut who became the first woman in space on a solo mission back in 1963. Lift off is scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Eastern time from Blue Origin's launch site in Van Horn, Texas.