Katy Perry is gearing up for an out-of-this-world experience\u2014literally\u2014as she prepares to blast off into space with Blue Origin. She\u2019ll be joined by TV journalist Gayle King and Lauren S\u00e1nchez, Jeff Bezos\u2019 fianc\u00e9e, making it part of the company\u2019s first all-women space mission. Just before boarding the spacecraft, Perry took a moment to send a heartfelt message to her fans on X (formerly Twitter), writing simply, \u201cI love you.\u201d<\/p>\n
The pop star shared photos with her fellow crew members, all dressed in sleek blue space suits, radiating excitement and unity ahead of the launch.<\/p>\n
In a recent interview with Elle<\/em>, Perry opened up about her lifelong interest in astronomy and the cosmos. She admitted she\u2019s thrilled to be heading into space, calling it a dream come true. \u201cIf you had told me as a kid that I\u2019d be in the first all-female space crew, I would have believed you,\u201d she said in another interview with USA Today<\/em>. \u201cNothing was beyond my imagination.\u201d<\/p>\n The brief journey is expected to last about 11 minutes, crossing the K\u00e1rm\u00e1n Line\u2014which marks the official boundary of outer space at 62 miles above Earth. During the flight, the crew will experience a few weightless moments before returning to Earth in an automated, pilot-free spacecraft.<\/p>\n The mission isn\u2019t just a milestone for the individual women aboard\u2014it\u2019s also part of a push to promote space tourism and close the gender gap in the industry. Current data shows that women make up only about 11% of all people who\u2019ve been to space.<\/p>\n Perry also hopes to inspire the next generation, especially young girls. In a past interview with the Associated Press<\/em>, she said, \u201cI want girls to see this and say, \u2018I can do that too.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Katy Perry is gearing up for an out-of-this-world experience\u2014literally\u2014as she prepares to blast off into space with Blue Origin. She\u2019ll\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":294,"featured_media":69186,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[2901],"class_list":["post-69185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-celebrity-news","tag-katy-perry"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/294"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69185\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/usa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}