Katy Perry will fly to space during Blue Origin’s next crewed mission, the Jeff Bezos-owned space company has announced. The pop star will join CBS host Gayle King and Bezos’s fiancé Lauren Sánchez aboard the New Shepard rocket this spring, marking its 11th human flight.
Jeff Bezos is sending Katy Perry to space
CBS host Gayle King and Bezos’s fiancé Lauren Sánchez will also reach the edge of space on board the Blue Origin rocket.
CBS host Gayle King and Bezos’s fiancé Lauren Sánchez will also reach the edge of space on board the Blue Origin rocket.
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Along with Perry and Sánchez, who is known for her work as a news anchor and correspondent, the crew will include research scientist and activist Amanda Nguyen, film producer Kerianne Flynn, and former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe. Sánchez first revealed her plans to lead an all-female Blue Origin mission in 2023, but she didn’t mention who she would take on the flight at the time.
Blue Origin’s most recent human spaceflight took place earlier this week, with a six-person crew reaching the edge of space and experiencing zero gravity for a few minutes before returning to Earth. Since 2021, Blue Origin has taken 52 people to space aboard its New Shepard rocket, including Star Trek’s William Shatner and Bezos himself.
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