On April 14, the flight took off from the rocket launch site in West Texas (USA). The trip was carried out by billionaire Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space company and is part of the New Shepard program.
This journey aims to inspire future generations and promote the development of space tourism.
Amanda Nguyen floats outside the Earth with Katy Perry (Video: CBS 5).
The mission is unique in that it will feature an all-female crew. This marks the first time in more than 60 years that an all-female team has flown into space, since Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova's solo flight in 1963.
The six crew members include pop singer Katy Perry, journalist Lauren Sanchez, CBS anchor Gayle King, Vietnamese-American entrepreneur Amanda Nguyen, former rocket engineer Aisha Bowe and filmmaker Kerianne Flynn.
Six women flew out of Earth on April 14, Amanda Nguyen is second from left (Photo: Blue Origin).
The New Shepard spacecraft took its all-female crew beyond the boundary between Earth's atmosphere and space, more than 100km above the ground. The flight lasted 11 minutes and the astronauts had time to admire the blue planet in a state of zero gravity.
Amanda Nguyen floats in a spaceship and says "Hello Vietnam" (Screenshot).
It is known that the spacecraft operates completely automatically and does not require a pilot to control it. Notably, while floating in space, Vietnamese-American scientist specializing in space research - Amanda Nguyen - said "Hello Vietnam" while waving to everyone. Her image received the attention of the Vietnamese online community.
"At this moment, I just want everyone to understand: Everyone can heal. No dream is too wild, and if it's too wild, go out there, fly out of Earth, you can do it all," Amanda Nguyen shared when she returned to the ground.
Amanda Nguyen (born 1991) is currently known as a Vietnamese-American social entrepreneur and human rights activist. She was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for her efforts to protect victims of sexual assault in the US.
She was raped as a senior at Harvard in 2013 and saw the shortcomings of the legal system. She founded the nonprofit Rise, which focuses on protecting the rights of victims like herself.
"It feels like healing," Amanda Nguyen said as she returned to the ground after the 11-minute flight (Screenshot).
Amanda then drafted the Sexual Assault Survivors Bill of Rights, which was passed by the US Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama in 2016.
Congresswoman Mimi Walters said Amanda Nguyen has made a revolutionary change, helping to ensure basic rights for rape victims.
In 2013, Amanda interned at NASA, where she developed a passion for becoming an astronaut. She also worked at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics.
Amanda was nominated by the state of California (USA) for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2019, honored by Time magazine as one of the Women of the Year 2022 and received the 30 under 30 award from Forbes magazine.
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