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The Blue Origin launched an all-female crew<\/a>, including Katy Perry<\/strong><\/a>, Gayle King<\/strong> and Lauren S\u00e1nchez<\/strong><\/a>, on an 11-minute suborbital trip aboard the New Shepard rocket in April 2025. The mission was live-streamed and watched by millions, but that didn\u2019t stop the internet from spiraling into a rabbit hole of conspiracy theories. Life & Style<\/em> takes a look at some of the wildest conspiracy theories and how they came to be.\n<\/p>\n A video clip showing the Blue Origin capsule after it landed<\/a> quickly went viral because of the way the hatch opened into the capsule. In the clip, someone seemingly opened the door from the inside before quickly slamming it shut. A few moments later, Jeff Bezos<\/strong>, Lauren\u2019s fianc\u00e9, walked up to the door and opened it.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Blue Origin New Shepard crew capsule\u2019s hatch is designed to be opened from the outside by the recovery team after landing, as a safety measure to ensure controlled and secure egress,\u201d one person wrote alongside the clip via X<\/a>. \u201cSpace capsules, including New Shepard\u2019s, are generally not designed to open from the inside immediately after landing due to safety protocols, such as ensuring the external environment is secure and the capsule is stable.\u201d<\/p>\n However, according to NASA, \u201cFor nominal operations, hatches and doors shall be operable by a single crewmember in no more than 60 seconds, from both sides of the hatch.\u201d<\/p>\n But try reasoning with people on the internet \u2026<\/p>\n Singer Azealia Banks<\/strong> was not convinced that Katy, Gayle and the rest of the Blue Origin crew actually went to space because of how quick their trip was.<\/p>\n \u201cI don\u2019t think they even went to space. That s\u2013t was fake as f\u2013k,\u201d Azealia wrote in a since-deleted post on X. \u201cHow they back already it\u2019s been like 40 mins.\u201d<\/p>\n Before the women even boarded the ship, it had been made clear that the duration of the trip would only last around 11 to 12 minutes because it was a suborbital mission designed to reach the edge of space without entering orbit. The New Shepard crew capsule only took a brief voyage above the K\u00e1rm\u00e1n Line, which is the internationally recognized boundary of space which sits 62 miles into the sky.<\/p>\n One TikTok user pointed out that, while in space, the women\u2019s hair on the flight wasn\u2019t exactly how female astronauts\u2019 hair had looked without gravity in previous voyages.<\/p>\n \u201cAm I the only one who noticed how their hair is just, like, gently floating? Like it\u2019s being swept by Beyonc\u00e9\u2019s<\/strong> fan on the low setting?\u201d the content creator jokingly pointed out in the video<\/a> posted on April 16, 2025.<\/p>\n She also compared photos of previous astronauts in space, and in the pictures their hair was standing straight up, but commenters pointed out that the Blue Origin flight crew wasn\u2019t that far into space.<\/p>\n \u201cThey didn\u2019t hit actual space, just the very edge,\u201d one person wrote in the comments section, while another credited the lack of lift to hairspray.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\nWhat\u2019s the Blue Origin Hatch Conspiracy Theory?<\/h2>\n
Azealia Banks Had Thoughts on the Blue Origin Flight<\/h2>\n
Several Conspiracy Theorists Thought Blue Origin\u2019s Flight \u2018Looked Fake\u2019<\/h2>\n