An all-female crew is launching into space on Blue Origin’s New Shephard rocket, NS-31. Katy Perry, Gayle King, Lauren Sánchez, Amanda Nguyen, Aisha Bowe, and Kerianne Flynn make up the crew.

And that list… Read More For the first time, Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin space venture has put its New Shepard suborbital rocket ship through a couple of minutes’ worth of moon-level gravity.

Facts about New Shepard, Blue Origin's rocket for space tourism — In photos: William Shatner launches to space on Blue Origin's New Shepard ...

Officials said the New Shephard rocket showed "no issues" and is ready for the July 20 launch. Read next ...

Related: New Shepard: Rocket for space tourism During the flight, the capsule created "lunar gravity forces" — a first for a New Shepard mission. It did so by rotating about 11 times per minute ...