Blue Origin Rocket with the crew of all women, including Katy Perry, is set for the launch on Monday
Six women, including pop star Katy Perry, are scheduled to be launched into space for about 11 minutes on Monday with a blue origin rocket, an elevator that will mark the SpaceFlight of all the first women since 1963, according to the company.
The window for the launch of the latest new Shepard Rocket is expected to open on Monday morning around 8:30 CDT, according to Blue Origin.
“I have dreamed of going to space for 15 years and tomorrow the dream came true,” Perry said on social media on Sunday.
The 11th Crew Shepard flight, officially called the NS-31, is expected to take off from the company launch site one in West Texas.
A handout photo published on April 14, 2025, on the x account of blue origin, show (clockwise from l) us entrepreneur lauren sanchez, former nasa scientist amanda nguyen, singer katy perry, tv presenter gayle king, nasa scientist Their Space Suits Ahead of the All-Woman Sub-Orbital Mission Aboard the New Rocket Shepard.
Origin blue/afp via getty images
Together with Perry, the crew, including the fiance of journalists, owner of Blue Origin, Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sanchez, who is also a helicopter pilot.
Journalist Gayle King, a former Nasa Rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, Bioastronautical Research Scientist and Civil Rights Activist Amanda Nguyen and filmmaker Kerianne Flynn complement the flight crew, according to Blue Origin.
Flights will last only about 11 minutes and reach a height of about 60 miles above Earth. The kármán line, considering the limit between the atmosphere of the earth and outer space, is 62 miles, so Perry and fellow crew members will not be truly launched into orbit.
The most recent Spaceflight was Soviet Valentina Tereshkova’s SpaceFlight in 1963, said Blue Origin.
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ABC News Katie Kendland contributed to this report.
