Plenty more launches are to come, including another test of SpaceX’s massive Starship rocket, which exploded while in flight in March. Blue Origin is also set to send Katy Perry into space aboard its New Shepard as part of an all-woman mission on April 14th.

Katy Perry won't have to wait much longer for her space flight. Jeff Bezos' space company Blue Origin has now announced the launch date for the "New Shepard" rocket. The journey will begin in just a few weeks.

The German company that built the orbital rocket, Isar Aerospace, headquartered in Ottobrunn, southeast of Munich, still hailed the test flight a success. Liftoff took place at 12:30 p.m. from Norway's Andoya Spaceport after which Isar Aerospace said the launch vehicle "successfully cleared the launch pad.