It's been more than 60 years since the last all-female space flight, but today a group of six women made it there and back.
Pop star Katy Perry, journalist Gayle King, civil rights activist Amanda Win, scientist Aisha Bowe, filmmaker Kerianne Flynn and author Lauren Sanchez, the fiance of Jeff Bezos briefly left the earth's atmosphere in an 11 minute mission on a rocket made by Bezos' company - Blue Origin.
Pop star Katy Perry, journalist Gayle King, civil rights activist Amanda Win, scientist Aisha Bowe, filmmaker Kerianne Flynn and author Lauren Sanchez, the fiance of Jeff Bezos briefly left the earth's atmosphere in an 11 minute mission on a rocket made by Bezos' company - Blue Origin.
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00:00It has been more than 60 years since the last all-female spaceflight,
00:05but in the last two hours, a group of six women made it there and back.
00:09They were pop star Katy Perry, journalist Gayle King,
00:12civil rights activist Amanda Wynne, scientist Aisha Bowe,
00:16filmmaker Kerri-Ann Flynn, and author Lauren Sanchez,
00:19the fiancée of Jeff Bezos.
00:22They briefly left the Earth's atmosphere in an 11-minute mission
00:25on a rocket made by Bezos' company, Blue Origin.
00:30It's almost like...