15/04/2025
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Katy Perry launches into space with all-woman crew—and ignites controversy back on Earth
Washington, United States — Katy Perry soared to the edge of space on Monday, joining an all-woman crew aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket in what was celebrated as a historic first—yet criticized by some as an extravagant publicity stunt.
The Grammy-nominated pop star, joined by Jeff Bezos’s fiancée Lauren Sanchez, TV anchor Gayle King, former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, film producer Kerianne Flynn, and activist Amanda Nguyen, completed an 11-minute suborbital flight that carried them more than 100 kilometers above Earth—beyond the internationally recognized boundary of space.
The launch took place in West Texas at around 8:30 a.m. local time, and the women emerged jubilant after their capsule returned safely to Earth, slowed by parachutes and a retro rocket. Perry was seen kissing the ground and later shared, “This experience has shown me how much love is inside of you, how much love you have to give, and how loved you are until the day you launch.”
Gayle King added that Perry sang What a Wonderful World during the brief weightless moment in space.
The mission marked Blue Origin’s 11th crewed suborbital flight but its first all-female space crew since Valentina Tereshkova’s historic solo mission in 1963.
Perry, who said she joined the flight to inspire her daughter Daisy “to never have limits on her dreams,” described the journey as “a 10 out of 10.”
