Blue Origin Will Send First Female Civilians To Space Next Year!

Blue Origin rocket illustration (photo: Twitter @Blueorigin)

JAKARTA - Blue Origin, Jef Besoz's space company plans to send its first five female crew members into space next year.

Speaking to the Wall Street Journal, the mission will be led directly by Besoz's lover, Lauren Sanchez in early 2024. However, both Besoz and Sanchez refused to reveal the identities of the five women who would join him.

Sanchez admits that he is very excited and at the same time a little nervous to go to space. Because according to him, this mission will have an impact and have a message to send, to everyone.

Meanwhile, Bezos actually felt very encouraging about the mission and was happy that it was finally done too.

Sanchez is known in the US not only as a news anchor, but also a licensed helicopter pilot. He is the founder of Black Ops Aviation, a women's production and aerial film company.

While Sanchez has no experience as an astronaut, this shouldn't be a problem, because Blue Origin's goal is to send ordinary civilians into space.

As additional information, the first female astronaut to successfully fly into space was Valentina Tereshkova of the Soviet Union.

Valentina Tereshkova, who became the first female cosmonaut to space, managed to fly Vostok 6 on June 16, 1963 in the Soviet Union.

After 48 orbits and more than 71 hours, the woman who was born on March 6, 1937 managed to return to Earth safely. With 2 days 22 hours, it was the longest time she spent in space at the time.

Then in 2002, a spaceman from Iowa, USA, target Whitson managed to break the record as the first female astronaut to spend the longest time in space, which was nearly 666 days.

The 666 days spanned three space tours from 2002 to 2017. On June 5, 2002, Whitson first flew into space for 185 days and returned to Earth on December 7, 2002.

Whitson then made his second flight on October 10, 2007, spending 192 days, Whitson made it back to Earth on April 19, 2008.

Whitson's third flight to the ISS was underway on November 17, 2016 and returns on September 3, 2017. The 289 days he spent in space was the longest single space flight by any woman, after finally the record was taken by American astronaut Christina Koch, who spent 328 days in space.