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Blue Origins plans all female spaceflights, but astronaut memoirs reveal the cost of being exceptional

May Carroll Jemison was the first black woman to travel to space. Credit: NASA For the first time since the solo flight of Russian astronaut Valentina Teleskova in 1963, the spacecraft enters orbit only women. The Blue Origin all-female spaceflight crew, including Popstar Katy Perry, are scheduled to take off this spring. Jeff Bezos’ crew is gathered from successful and…