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Katy Perry is going into space.
The award-winning singer of hits “ET” and “Firework” will fly on her own fireworks display when she joins the first all-female crew to launch on Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket later this year. The mission, scheduled for this spring, will be led by Lauren Sanchez, a partner of billionaire Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos, who has assembled a distinguished group of celebrities, scientists, and journalists to attend the flight.
“Katie is proud to be part of Blue Origin's first all-female crew and hopes her flight will inspire her daughter and others to reach for the stars, both literally and figuratively,” Blue Origin said in a statement.
Sanchez and Perry will launch from Blue Origin’s West Texas facility on a suborbital spaceflight with STEMBoard CEO and former NASA scientist Aisha Boe, film producer Kerianne Flynn, CBS Mornings host Gayle King, and bioastronautics researcher Amanda Nguyen. The mission will be the first all-female space crew since the Soviet Union sent Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, into orbit in 1963. Sanchez hopes the mission will “inspire the next generation of explorers,” according to Blue Origin.
“She is honored to lead a team of explorers on a mission that will change the way they view Earth, empower them to share their stories, and leave a lasting impact on future generations,” Blue Origin said in a statement.
Blue Origin announced its all-female NS-31 mission just two days after the successful launch of its latest six-person space tourism flight, NS-30. That mission took venture capitalist Lane Bess (a repeat Blue Origin pilot), Spanish TV host Jesus Calleja, entrepreneur-physicist Elaine Chia Hyde, reproductive endocrinologist Richard Scott, hedge fund partner Tushar Shah, and a sixth unnamed crew member to space and back.
Blue Origin will feature a historic all-female crew: Katy Perry, Aisha Boe, Kerianne Flynn, Gayle King, Amanda Nguyen and Lauren Sanchez.
Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket is a reusable booster and capsule for
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