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From left - entrepreneur Lauren Sanchez, former NASA scientist Amanda Nguyen, singer Katy Perry, TV presenter Gayle King, former NASA scientist Aisha Bowe and film producer Kerianne Flynn pose in their spacesuits ahead of an all-woman sub-orbital mission aboard the New Shepard rocket.
Caption:An image posted on Blue Origin’s X account ahead of an all-woman sub-orbital mission aboard the New Shepard rocket. From left: entrepreneur Lauren Sanchez, former NASA scientist Amanda Nguyen, singer Katy Perry, TV presenter Gayle King, former NASA scientist Aisha Bowe and film producer Kerianne Flynn.Photo credit:Supplied / Blue Origin via XThis screen grab taken from a Blue Origin broadcast shows Blue Origin New Shepard’s flight NS-31 lift off from Launch Site One in Van Horn, West Texas, April 14, 2025.Photo by Handout / BLUE ORIGIN / AFP
Jeff Bezos will send humans into space for the first time on July 20, for a journey of a few minutes in zero gravity aboard his New Shepard rocket.
Katy Perry attends iHeartRadio z100’s Jingle Ball 2024 at Madison Square Garden on 13 December, 2024 in New York City.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA - JUNE 05: NASA’s Boeing Crew Flight Test Commander Butch Wilmore (L) and Pilot Suni Williams walk out of the Operations and Checkout Building on June 05, 2024 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The astronauts are heading to Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft, which sits atop a United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket at Space Launch Complex 41 for NASA’s Boeing crew flight test to the International Space Station. Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP (Photo by JOE RAEDLE / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP)
The Dawn Mk-II Aurora has all the qualities of an aircraft but with a rocket engine it can fly faster and higher than any jet.
Rescue workers evacuate an injured person from a collapsed building following an earthquake in Caracas on June 24, 2026. A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Venezuela on Wednesday, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported, triggering panic in Caracas, according to AFP journalists. The tremor, which was followed by several aftershocks, was also felt in Colombia. (Photo by Manaure Quintero / AFP)
US President Donald Trump gestures as he arrives at Chateau de Versailles ahead of a dinner to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the independence of the United States, in Versailles southwest of Paris on June 17, 2026. (Photo by Guillaume BAPTISTE / AFP)
BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - MAY 07: Asu Kepaoa of the Wests Tigers is tackled during the round 10 NRL match between Wests Tigers and St George Illawarra Dragons at Suncorp Stadium on May 07, 2023 in Brisbane, Australia. (Photo by Chris Hyde/Getty Images)
This image grab taken from Iranian state television broadcasted on February 28, 2026, show what it says is the site of deadly US and Israeli strikes that hit a girls’ elementary school in Minab, in the southern Iranian province of Hormozgan near the strategic sea route of the Strait of Hormuz. The United States and Israel launched strikes against Iran on February 28, sparking fears of regional war with explosions reported across the Middle East as the Islamic republic retaliated with barrages of missiles. (Photo by IRIB TV / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT “AFP PHOTO / IRIB / HANDOUT” - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS / “The erroneous mention[s] appearing in the metadata of this photo been modified in AFP systems in the following manner: [BYLINE: -]. Please immediately remove the erroneous mention[s] from all your online services and delete it (them) from your servers. If you have been authorized by AFP to distribute it (them) to third…
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Mr Wong cries out in anguish as fire engulfs the Tai Po housing complex in Hong Kong.