Pop star Katy Perry comes out of the capsule in which she, journalists Gayle King, Lauren Sanchez, who is also billionaire Jeff Bezos' fiance and other participants, landed back on earth after blasting off into space on a Blue Origin rocket, as part of the New Shepard Mission NS-31, marking the first all-female flight crew in more than six decades, in West Texas, Texas, U.S., April 14, 2025, in this screen grab taken from a video. Blue Origin/Handout via REUTERS THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MANDATORY CREDIT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY
Katy Perry, Gayle King, and Jeff Bezos’ fiancé Lauren Sanchez successfully completed their space flight yesterday.
It was an all-female flight that also included a filmmaker, a former NASA scientist, and a research scientist.
It was about 10 minutes long and they flew to an altitude of 62 miles, just above what’s called the Karman Line . . . which is the edge of the Earth’s atmosphere.
After touching back down, Katy said, quote, “I feel super-connected to love.” She added that during the flight, she sang “What a Wonderful World” instead of one of her own songs.
Quote, “That is not about me. It’s not about singing my songs. It’s about a collective energy and a mirror. It’s about us . . . This is all for the benefit of Earth.” (???)
By the way . . . Katy also says she’s writing a song about her experience. Which, if you’ve heard her last album, is more of a threat than a promise.
Oh, and Jeff Bezos face-planted while trying to greet the capsule when it returned.
(Here’s video of the crew experiencing weightlessness. And here’s video of Katy and Gayle being SUPER cliché and kissing the ground after landing.)
(Oh, and also: Olivia Wilde, Olivia Munn, and Emily Ratajkowski have spoken out AGAINST the whole celebrity space flight thing.)
