Space & Astronomy

Katy Perry blasts off into space as part of Blue Origin's all-female crew

By T.K. Randall
April 14, 2025

Image: Katy Perry at the UNICEF Snowflake Ball (2012)
Credit: Joella Marano / CC BY-SA 2.0 (adapted) The first space mission to feature an all-female crew since Soviet Union cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova's solo mission all the way back in 1963, the flight saw Perry joined by Jeff Bezos's fiancee Lauren Sanchez, CBS presenter Gayle King, former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen and film producer Kerianne Flynn.

Fortunately, everything went without a hitch - with the crew soaring to the edge of space and then back again, all within a period of around ten minutes.

During the flight, Perry reportedly sang a rendition of Louis Armstrong's 'What a Wonderful World'.

Upon arriving back on Earth, she kissed the ground and said that she felt "super connected to life". She also teased that she would be writing a new song about the experience.

The other crew members also expressed their thoughts about the trip, with rocket scientist Aisha Bowe stating that she would "never be the same"."There are no boundaries, there's no border, there's just earth," she said.

Gayle King, meanwhile, noted how quiet everything was.

"It's oddly quiet when you get up there," she said. "It's really quiet and peaceful and you look down at the planet and think, 'That's where we came from.'"

"For me, it's such a reminder about how we need to do better, be better."

You can check out a stream of the entire mission below.


Source: The Guardian

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