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Blue Origin’s recent all-female spaceflight, which featured singer Katy Perry and TV host Gayle King, has become the subject of a bizarre wave of conspiracy theories online. Despite the historic nature of the mission, skeptics on social media, especially on X, have seized on small details to question the authenticity of the flight.

Following the mission, a viral theory began circulating that Katy Perry’s hair was “floating in the wrong direction” during the flight. Social media users compared her hair to that of NASA astronaut Sunita Williams, whose hair once stood straight up in zero gravity during a mission. One user wrote, “The real astronaut lady that SpaceX saved had her hair all raised. This is so fake.”

Critics argued that Perry’s relatively tame hair movement suggested she wasn't actually in microgravity—fueling suspicions that the entire flight was staged for publicity.

Mysterious Door Moment

A video clip showing the capsule door slightly ajar before Jeff Bezos ceremoniously opened it with a tool added more fuel to the fire. In a real space mission, skeptics argued, high-pressure capsule hatches require special techniques and teams to open. The apparent ease with which the Blue Origin capsule opened raised eyebrows online, with some calling it “a major red flag” and questioning the authenticity of the flight.

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Capsule Condition: Too Clean to Be Real?

Social media users also pointed to the pristine condition of the Blue Origin capsule upon landing. They compared it to the scorched and worn appearance of capsules from real missions—like the one that carried Sunita Williams back from space. The spotless exterior of Blue Origin’s capsule was seen by some as further evidence that it never left Earth’s atmosphere.

The "Mannequin Hand" Mystery

Another viral moment involved a shiny hand seen inside the capsule, which some speculated belonged to a mannequin or dummy. "Why is there a dummy hand on the Blue Origin?" one user asked, while another joked, "That sure looks like a Barbie hand—or is it Ken's?"

However, this theory was quickly debunked. The image in question was from Blue Origin’s 2017 test flight of the New Shepard Crew Capsule 2.0, which included a mannequin nicknamed "Mannequin Skywalker." The hand seen was from that earlier mission, not the recent all-female flight.

Symbolism Gone Wild

Even the mission patch worn by the crew became a target. While designed by Blue Origin to honour each of the six women on board, conspiracy theorists claimed the design resembled Baphomet, a symbol often associated with occult imagery—another stretch in a growing list of bizarre claims.


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