Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s space company Blue Origin has announced a new crewed space flight planned for this spring. The 11-minute flight, organized under the New Shepard program, will be the company’s 11th crewed mission and 31st flight overall. Katy Perry, world-famous singer will be among the crew.

Katy Perry is going to space

This mission will be the first all-female space flight since Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova traveled to space alone in 1963. The crew was selected by Jeff Bezos’s fiancée and journalist Lauren Sánchez, who will also be on the flight.

The team heading to space includes world-famous pop star Katy Perry, famous television host Gayle King, scientist and activist Amanda Nguyen, entrepreneur and aerospace engineer Aisha Bowe, and director Kerianne Flynn.

According to Associated Press, Blue Origin announced its new space mission just weeks after allegations emerged that the company had laid off 10% of its employees. In an email sent to employees, CEO Dave Limp reportedly stated that the company had grown at an unsustainable rate, making cuts inevitable, and that there needed to be more focus on production.

Who has gone to space with Blue Origin so far?

As of February 28, 2025, Blue Origin has launched 52 people into suborbital space aboard its New Shepard rocket across 10 human spaceflight missions. Below is a comprehensive list of individuals who have flown to space with Blue Origin, based on available data up to the most recent mission on February 25, 2025. The list is organized by mission, with notable details where applicable:

NS-16 (July 20, 2021) – First Crewed Flight

1. Jeff Bezos – Founder of Blue Origin and Amazon.
2. Mark Bezos – Jeff Bezos’s younger half-brother.
3. Wally Funk – Aviation pioneer; oldest person to fly to space at age 82 at the time.
4. Oliver Daemen – Dutch physics student; youngest person to fly to space at age 18.

NS-18 (October 13, 2021)

5. Chris Boshuizen – Former NASA engineer and co-founder of a nanosatellite company.
6. Glen de Vries – Co-founder of a clinical research software company.
7. William Shatner – Actor known for Star Trek; became the oldest person to reach space at age 90, surpassing Wally Funk’s record.
8. Audrey Powers – Blue Origin employee (Vice President of Mission & Flight Operations).

NS-19 (December 11, 2021)

9. Michael Strahan – TV host and former NFL player; first Black person to fly on a suborbital spaceflight with Blue Origin.
10. Laura Shepard Churchley – Daughter of Alan Shepard, the first American in space.
11. Dylan Taylor – Space industry executive and philanthropist.
12. Evan Dick – Investor and engineer.
13. Lane Bess – Principal and Founder of Bess Ventures and Advisory.
14. Cameron Bess – Lane Bess’s child; first parent-child duo to fly to space together.

NS-20 (March 31, 2022)

15. Marty Allen – Startup investor and turnaround executive.
16. Sharon Hagle – Founder of SpaceKids Global; first married couple to fly on a commercial spacecraft with her husband Marc.
17. Marc Hagle – CEO of Tricor International; flew again later on NS-28.
18. Jim Kitchen – Business professor and entrepreneur.
19. George Nield – Former FAA administrator and space industry consultant.
20. Gary Lai – Chief architect of Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket.

NS-21 (June 4, 2022)

21. Victor Correa Hespanha – Brazilian civil engineer; won his seat via a lottery.
22. Jaison Robinson – Founder of a real estate and investment firm.
23. Victor Vescovo – Private equity investor and deep-sea explorer.
24. Hamish Harding – Chairman of Action Aviation; later died in a submersible accident in 2023.
25. Evan Dick – Second flight (previously flew on NS-19).
26. Katya Echazarreta – Mexican electrical engineer and science communicator; first Mexican-born woman in space.

NS-22 (August 4, 2022)

27. Coby Cotton – Co-founder of YouTube channel “Dude Perfect.”
28. Mário Ferreira – Portuguese investor; first Portuguese person in space.
29. Vanessa O’Brien – British-American mountaineer.
30. Clint Kelly III – Engineer specializing in autonomous driving systems.
31. Sara Sabry – Egyptian mechanical engineer; first Egyptian in space.
32. Steve Young – Former telecommunications CEO and restaurateur.

NS-25 (May 19, 2024) – First Flight After 2022 Grounding

33. Mason Angel – Venture capitalist.
34. Sylvain Chiron – French entrepreneur.
35. Ed Dwight – First U.S. Black astronaut candidate from the 1960s; oldest person to fly to space at age 90 years and 8 months.
36. Kenneth Hess – Software engineer.
37. Carol Schaller – Retired accountant and adventurer.
38. Gopi Thotakura – Indian pilot; second Indian national in space.

NS-26 (August 29, 2024)

39. Nicolina Elrick – Details limited; private citizen.
40. Rob Ferl – Details limited; private citizen.
41. Eugene Grin – Details limited; private citizen.
42. Eiman Jahangir – Physician and adventurer.
43. Karsen Kitchen – University of North Carolina student; youngest woman to cross the Kármán line.
44. Ephraim Rabin – Details limited; private citizen.

NS-28 (November 22, 2024)

45. Emily Calandrelli – MIT engineer and TV host known as “The Space Gal.”
46. Austin Litteral – Risk management professional; won his seat via a giveaway.
47. Marc Hagle – Second flight (previously flew on NS-20).
48. Sharon Hagle – Second flight (previously flew on NS-20).
49. Henry Wolfond – Canadian entrepreneur and investor.
50. James “J.D.” Russell – Details limited; private citizen.

NS-30 (February 25, 2025)

51. Lane Bess – Second flight (previously flew on NS-19).
52. Jesús Calleja – Spanish TV personality and adventurer.
53. Elaine Chia Hyde – Details limited; private citizen.
54. Richard Scott – British doctor and adventurer.
55. Tushar Shah – Indian-origin entrepreneur; specifics limited.
56. Undisclosed Sixth Member – Chose to remain anonymous; uniform read “R. Wilson” based on crew images.