‘It was fake’: Celeb space flight sparks conspiracy theory over ‘door gaffe’

Eagle-eyed viewers have branded the all-female space flight a sham after an eyebrow raising moment after the landing.

Wild conspiracy theories have emerged over the historic all-female Blue Origin flight into space after an apparent gaffe was spotted in the landing video.

The six women – including pop star Katy Perry and Jeff Bezos’ fiancee Lauren Sanchez – travelled just beyond the edge of space aboard Blue Origin’s reusable New Shepard rocket, before the capsule parachuted back to Earth.

As well as Sanchez and Perry, on board the capsule were morning show icon Gayle King, ex-NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen and film producer Kerianne Flynn.

The group flew in Bezos’ own Blue Origin New Shepard NS-31 ship and soared past the Kármán line – the internationally recognised boundary of space.

They spent three minutes in pure weightlessness before the craft safely parachuted back down and landed in Texas.

Footage captured the space shuttle making a soft landing back on Earth after the historic mission.

However, viewers spotted a bizarre gaffe in the clip that sparked a slew of conspiracy theories that slammed the mission as “fake”.

In the video, Jeff Bezos is seen wrenching open the hatch from outside to let the all-women crew out of the craft.

However, footage from just minutes earlier clearly shows the capsule door being opened from the inside before being hastily shut.

Dozens of sceptics seized on the moment to claim the entire operation was staged.

One commenter wrote: “It was fake. The girls opened the door to begin with from the inside with no tools.

“They then waited a few minutes, and Jeff Bezos stepped up with some sort of tool and acted like he unlocked the latch.”

Another commenter chimed in: “Can’t post this fake s*** enough. Door opens from the inside, they’re told to close it because the door can ONLY be opened by an outside person.”

While one commenter wrote: “This s*** is so fake. Watch the door be opened from the inside; then they need a tool to open it from the outside.”

The door opened from the inside before it was opened. Photo: Supplied

It was all very stage managed. Photo: AFP Photo / Handout / Blue Origin

What fuelled these suspicions even more is the fact that the doors were seen opening inward, unlike most spacecraft with pressurised cabins.

Typical spacecraft have doors that open outwards and require a team of technicians working from the outside to unlock them, especially after a trip to space.

One person said: “Doesn’t look like a pressurised hatch to me, more like a flimsy door.”

While another commenter slammed: “Pretty sure pressurised doors don’t open inward, the capsule looks like it’s an inflatable tent and the only footage they showed was the ‘weightlessness’ part, which you can achieve in a plane.”

And for some viewers, the capsule looked too clean for a space mission.

Meanwhile, the all-women crew was seen doing somersaults while floating in space.

Perry was seen holding up the daisy she brought with her in honour of her four-year-old daughter.

The singer said the space mission was “the highest high” — and promised to create a song inspired by the trip.

The all-female crew in space. Photo: Supplied

It was later revealed that Perry sang a partial cover of What a Wonderful World in space.

The iconic song, first recorded by American trumpet player and singer Louis Armstrong, was belted out by the Teenage Dream star during the journey.

And Bowe was captured grinning as she showed off a patch representing the Bahamas, with Earth glowing in the background.

Meanwhile, Flynn looked to be marvelling at the unbelievable view of Earth, while Nguyne smiled as she floated around in the capsule.

It marked the 11th human mission for the New Shepard program, which has now flown 52 people, including repeat flyers, to space.

Screams were heard on board the spacecraft as they blasted off.

Jeff Bezos painfully faceplanted the ground next to the Blue Origin space capsule carrying his fiancee, Sanchez, when the crew landed.

The billionaire, who first fell head over heels for his soon-to-be wife Sanchez in 2018, was ready to congratulate his partner on the mission soon after she touched down.

This story first appeared in The Sun and was republished with permission.

Originally published as ‘It was fake’: Celeb space flight sparks conspiracy theory over ‘door gaffe’