Ms Echazarreta after landing from her Blue Origin flight last year. Photo: Katya Echazarreta / X
Katya Echazarreta became the first Mexican woman to fly to space last year when she launched on a Blue Origin suborbital flight. Photo: Katya Echazarreta / X
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Katya Echazarreta flew on Blue Origin's New Shepard flight on June 4. Photo: Blue Origin screenshot
Katya Echazarreta has had a Barbie doll designed after her. Photo: Mattel
Katya Echazarreta poses in front of a Blue Origin capsule. Photo: Katya Echazarreta / X
Katya Echazarreta holds up a letter she wrote to herself before her flight on Blue Origin. Photo: Katya Echazarreta / X
Ms Echazarreta after landing from her Blue Origin flight last year. Photo: Katya Echazarreta / X
Katya Echazarreta became the first Mexican woman to fly to space last year when she launched on a Blue Origin suborbital flight. Photo: Katya Echazarreta / X
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Katya Echazarreta flew on Blue Origin's New Shepard flight on June 4. Photo: Blue Origin screenshot
Katya Echazarreta has had a Barbie doll designed after her. Photo: Mattel
Katya Echazarreta poses in front of a Blue Origin capsule. Photo: Katya Echazarreta / X
Katya Echazarreta holds up a letter she wrote to herself before her flight on Blue Origin. Photo: Katya Echazarreta / X
Ms Echazarreta after landing from her Blue Origin flight last year. Photo: Katya Echazarreta / X
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Sarwat Nasir
11 April, 2024
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