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Katy Perry launches into space with all-female crew on Blue Origin rocket
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Posted on April 14, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 24, 2026
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Published by Global Banking & Finance Review®
Posted on April 14, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 24, 2026
Katy Perry and five women launched into space on a Blue Origin rocket, marking the first all-female spaceflight in over 60 years. The crew experienced weightlessness before returning to Earth.
(Reuters) -Pop star Katy Perry and five other women launched into space on a Blue Origin rocket and successfully returned to earth on Monday, marking the first all-female spaceflight in more than 60 years.
The crew lifted off on a New Shepard rocket from West Texas at 9:31 a.m. ET (1331 GMT) and traveled to the edge of space, where they experienced a brief period of weightlessness before returning to earth in a flight lasting around 11 minutes, according to a live broadcast by Blue Origin, the space company founded by billionaire Jeff Bezos.
The six-person crew also included Bezos' fiancée Lauren Sanchez, CBS host Gayle King, former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, scientist Amanda Nguyen and film producer Kerianne Flynn.
(Reporting by Joe Brock, Editing by Franklin Paul)
The main topic is Katy Perry's participation in an all-female spaceflight on a Blue Origin rocket.
The crew included Katy Perry, Lauren Sanchez, Gayle King, Aisha Bowe, Amanda Nguyen, and Kerianne Flynn.
The spaceflight lasted approximately 11 minutes.
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