Billionaire Jeff Bezos’ private space firm, Blue Origin, will send the first-ever all-female crew into space. Lauren Sanchez, an American journalist who has been a partner of Jeff Bezos since 2020, will lead an all-female space flight. Identities of the five ladies joining her won’t be revealed until nearer the launch, which is yet to be officially confirmed by the company. The mission mirrors NASA’s plans to send the first female astronauts to the moon in 2025 as part of its Artemis program.
Bezos, who is also the founder and former CEO of Amazon, was aboard the first crewed Blue Origin mission to space on July 20, 2021. So far, Blue Origin crewed missions have been, for all intents and purposes, recreational flights. The Jeff Bezos-founded private space company has also done missions for NASA that include taking up scientific equipment.
