US EditionBoom, boom, boom, Katy Perry returns to Earth
- On April 14, 2025, Blue Origin's NS-31 mission launched an all-female crew into space from West Texas.
- Weeks of anticipation preceded the NS-31 mission, which Blue Origin streamed live to hundreds of thousands.
- The New Shepard rocket carried six women, including Katy Perry, Lauren Sánchez, and Gayle King, above the Kármán line.
- The crew experienced about four minutes of weightlessness during the 10-minute, 21-second flight, reaching 62 miles above Earth; King said, "It's oddly quiet when you get up there."
- The mission marked the first all-female spaceflight since 1963, fulfilling lifelong dreams and inspiring Katy Perry to write a song.
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'When Katy Perry got down on her knees and kissed the Earth, I felt spontaneously queasy. '
Well, that was my thing. A space shuttle with women would be launched. For the first time since 1963, by Jeff Bezos's commercial company, but hey, I imagined these women whizzing through space for weeks.
'Something happened up there': Did the wrong Katy Perry come back from space?
Yesterday Katy Perry went to outer space. The pop icon blasted away from her home planet aboard Jeff Bezos’ New Shepard rocket, traveling to just above the Karman line, the boundary between outer space and Earth’s atmosphere. Eleven minutes after liftoff, the capsule touched back down, with Perry returning safely to Earth. Or… did she? Social media has seized upon a conspiracy theory that while Perry did indeed go into space, she never truly ret…
Katy Perry kisses Earth after returning from a space mission. Video
The international star had a unique experience as she traveled to space with the first all-female crew in Blue Origin's history. The flight took off from West Texas and lasted only ten minutes, but it was enough to leave a profound impact on the participants...
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