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Lauren Sánchez’s Cosmic Bachelorette Party
The new astronauts include Katy Perry, Lauren Sánchez, and Gayle King. (Blue Origin via X)
The plan for America’s first all-female spaceflight was to look good, have a great time, and do a lot of screaming. And honestly? Mission accomplished.
By Suzy Weiss
04.15.25 — Culture and Ideas
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If you don’t know what a bachelorette party is like, let me tell you: It’s like being vacuum sealed in a tin can with a bunch of girls you don’t know that well but with whom you have to pretend to have a life-changing experience, for the sake of the bride, who invited everyone and who has a vision.

In other words, it’s exactly what happened on this morning’s historic American spaceflight.

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Suzy Weiss
Suzy Weiss is a co-founder and reporter for The Free Press. Before that, she worked as a features reporter at the New York Post. There, she covered the internet, culture, dating, dieting, technology, and Gen Z. Her work has also appeared in Tablet, the New York Daily News, The Wall Street Journal, and McSweeney's Internet Tendency, among others.
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