Katy Perry in Space Video

Katy Perry took off into space this Monday, April 14th at 3:30 PM with a 100% female crew aboard Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’ rocket, founder of Amazon.

Katy Perry’s rocket and five remarkable women launched at 3:30 PM French time, marking a historic and highly publicized milestone for Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos’ space tourism company. The 11-minute flight, from the launch site in Texas, took the crew beyond the Kármán line, the internationally recognized boundary of space at 100 km above Earth.

Alongside Katy Perry, the group includes Lauren Sánchez, pilot and Jeff Bezos’ wife; CBS presenter Gayle King; former NASA scientist Aisha Bowe; activist Amanda Nguyen; and film producer Kerianne Flynn. Together, they form Blue Origin’s very first all-female crew.

On board the autonomous spacecraft New Shepard, designed to operate without human control, the six participants experienced a brief moment of weightlessness before returning to Earth via a parachuted capsule. The reusable booster landed vertically near the launch site, exemplifying Blue Origin’s efforts to reduce costs and environmental impact.

For Katy Perry, this flight fulfills a childhood dream. “If someone had told me I would be part of the first all-female crew in space… I would have believed it,” she stated on her social media. Nothing was beyond the reach of my imagination.” It was of course planned for her to sing in zero gravity, but the choice of song remained a mystery. The singer ultimately performed a few notes of “What a Wonderful World” by Louis Armstrong, originally written in the 1960s to unite a divided nation after Kennedy’s assassination, the start of the Vietnam War, and widespread racial injustices.

An Essential Flight?

This highly publicized flight does little to quell the controversies surrounding space tourism. While Blue Origin claims its engine produces only water vapor with no carbon emissions, experts note that this vapor, along with nitrogen oxides produced at high altitude, can contribute to global warming and ozone layer depletion.

Furthermore, the exorbitant cost of these trips, with a reservation requiring a deposit of $150,000, limits accessibility. This luxury has faced criticism, with some arguing that these funds could be better used to address terrestrial problems such as food insecurity.

However, at countdown, all questions were obviously set aside. This symbolic flight, combining technological achievement and human adventure, will remain a landmark moment in the history of space tourism. Congratulations, ladies astronauts!

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