The singer will be sent into space on Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket, joined by former Nasa rocket scientist Aisha Bowe

The crew will also include aerospace engineer Aisha Bowe, scientist and activist Amanda Nguyen, and filmmaker Kerianne Flynn, who produced the documentary This Changes Everything about the history of women in Hollywood. Blue Origin reports that this is the first all-female flight crew since Valentina Tereshkova’s solo spaceflight in 1963.

“The crew will include research scientist and activist Amanda Nguyen, film producer Amanda Nguyen, 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.” —

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.

When they asked me, they asked me around Thanksgiving, I was like, ‘no, no, no." Gayle King said. "Then I started thinking about it and I just thought ‘what a unique opportunity.‘"