Jeff Bezos FACEPLANTS as he scrambles to find the door to his celeb-packed rocket
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Blue Origin has shared the first look of its all-women crew floating in zero gravity.
The crew, which included popstar Katy Perry and Lauren Sánchez, Jeff Bezos' fiancee, were seen turning upside down in the capsule as they marveled at the moon.
The six women spent three minutes in zero gravity during the 11-minute mission that launched Monday at 9:30am ET from West Texas.
Perry showed off the daisy she brought with her in honor of her daughter and NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe held up a patch representing the Bahamas.
The footage captured filmmaker Kieranne Flynn staring out the window at a Earth stunningly glowing in the blackness of space and civil rights activist Amanda Nguyne was seen smiling as she floated in weightlessness.
While they were all smiles inside the capsule, screams were heard as they rocketed to space aboard the New Shepard rocket and again during the 'soft' landing back on the ground.
Bezos, however, hit some turbulence while greeting the returning crew as he tripped in a ditch while rushing to open the capsule door.
After their safe return, Perry led the celebration, getting down on the ground and kissing the Texas dirt. Several of her crewmates did the same.
A recovery team was quickly dispatched to the capsule to release Perry and company following their historic space flight.
Sánchez hugged Bezos as she emerged from the capsule and quickly ran to her family.
Perry held up a daisy flower as soon as she stepped out of the capsule and later explained how she was overwhelmed by emotion during the trip.
'It is the highest high,' Perry said, 'and it is surrender to the unknown, trust. … I couldn't recommend this experience more.'
'Daisies are common flowers, but they grow through any condition... They are resilient. They are powerful. They are strong,' the popstar continued.
Perry sang 'What a Wonderful World' while in the space capsule.
'It's not about singing my songs. It's about a collective energy in there. It's about us. It's about making space for future women and taking up space and belonging,' she said in a post-flight interview.
'And it's about this wonderful world that we see right out there and appreciating it. This is all for the benefit of Earth.'
King was openly nervous about Monday's mission, but found the space was 'quiet and peaceful.'
While she can claim 'astronaut' status, King said: 'I still can't accept that word.'
A star-studded crowd watched nervously as the craft blasted into space, including Oprah who was in tears as she watched King, her best friend, go on the sub-orbital flight.
The Kardashian family were also in attendance, who joked about taking their reality show Keeping Up With the Kardashians to space.
Khloe Kardashian told the Blue Origin media team: 'It's incredible. It takes your breath away. And I feel like I have all this adrenaline, and I'm just standing here.'
Just before the launch, Bezos was heard saying 'When you get back, I want to hear how it has changed you. I love you all.'
During liftoff, the rocket's single BE-3PM engine fired and began blasting the crew into space at 9:30am ET.
Burning a mixture of liquid oxygen and liquid hydrogen, the engine generates around 50,000 kg of force while producing nothing but water vapor.
Within minutes, the rocket hit speeds exceeding 2,000 miles per hour - over twice the speed of sound.
The forces on both the capsule and the crew will be intense as the rocket hits its point of maximum stress, known as Max-Q in aerospace engineering.
According to Blue Origin, Perry and her fellow astronauts experienced three times the force of gravity as the booster accelerates.
Blue Origin CEO Dave Limp shared a picture of the women with himself and Bezos after the six-woman crew landed in the New Shepard capsule.
The flight marked the 11th crewed mission of its New Shepard capsule and means now both Bezos and Sánchez have travelled to space.
The capsule landed just a few miles from the launch point safely, returning the group after a successful flight just after 9:40am ET.
It's the first all-female space mission since Russia's Valentina Tereshkova embarked on a solo spaceflight in 1963.
For Blue Origin, which has been been conducting commercial space launches since 2015, Monday's flight was the 31st mission for the New Shepard vehicle.
Despite all the fanfare on Monday, the mission had its detractors, including Hollywood actress Olivia Munn who blasted it during an appearance on Today With Jenna And Friends earlier this month.
Both Munn and Jenna began the conversation as they pointed out the group's recent cover for Elle and Olivia started to offer her thoughts before stopping herself.
She then questioned, 'What are they doing? Like why? You know what I mean?' - which got a few chuckles from the live audience.
'I know that this is probably not the cool thing to say, but there are so many other things that are so important in the world right now.'
Although Sánchez has not confirmed it, there has been widespread speculation that she has breast implants. Plastic surgeons have also told DailyMail.com that there's reason to believe she has received Botox, lip fillers, and possibly a facelift.
This recently raised questions as to whether space travel, zero gravity, of other unknown factors may negatively impact these cosmetic procedures or even cause health risks for the astronauts.
One doctor expressed some concern about Monday's spaceflight, more because of the extreme stress during takeoff than the limited time in zero gravity.
Dr Stanton Gerson, who researches the impact of deep space on cells, told DailyMail.com: 'The rocket launch I would have more concern about in the launch.
'You go at about 6,000 mph and that can cause shear stress and may cause something to shift.'
Despite the concerns, it appeared that all six women were in good health after their flight and did not show any ill effects of their brief time in zero gravity.
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