Pop Singer Katy Perry to Travel to Space as Part of Blue Origin’s All-Female Crew

Famous singer Katy Perry will join a group of women who will go into space this spring as part of a mission by Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin space company, the BBC reports.  

She will be joined by producer Kerianne Flynn and TV presenter Gayle King. The mission will be led by journalist Lauren Sanchez.  

‘If you had told me that I would be part of the first female crew in space, I would have believed it. Nothing was beyond my imagination when I was a kid,’ Perry said.  

This will be Blue Origin's 11th human mission and the 31st flight of a New Shepard rocket in the company's history. The flight will last approximately 11 minutes, is fully autonomous, and is expected to reach the Karman Line, the internationally recognised boundary of space.  

The exact date of the flight has not yet been announced. However, given that Katy Perry is going on a *Lifetimes* world tour from 23 April to 11 November, it is expected that the flight will take place earlier.  

The crew will include:  

- Lauren Sanchez, journalist and fiancée of Jeff Bezos (mission commander),  

- aerospace engineer Aisha Bowe,  

- bioastronaut Amanda Nguyen,  

- producer Kerianne Flynn,  

- TV presenter Gayle King,  

- singer Katy Perry.  

‘Katy is honoured to be part of Blue Origin's first all-female team and hopes her journey will inspire her daughter and others to reach for the stars, literally and figuratively,’ the company said.  

As The Gaze reported, in 2024, Blue Origin successfully launched six passengers into space, including a 90-year-old former pilot and astronaut candidate, aboard its New Shepard rocket.

This flight was the first Blue Origin mission in almost two years.