Katy Perry and Gayle King’s space trip confirmed for April launch

nme.com:

Katy Perry‘s upcoming trip to space has been locked in for an April launch – find out more below.Last month, aerospace company Blue Origin – which was founded by Jeff Bezos who also flew in space back in 2021 – announced the upcoming all-women mission that was scheduled for a Spring launch.At the time, the mission had not revealed a confirmed launch date, but shared that participating in the space flight are Perry, respected journalist Gayle King, Jeff Bezos’ fiancée Lauren Sánchez, NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, bioastronautics research scientist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Amanda Nguyen and entrepreneur/film producer Kerianne Flynn.

It will mark Blue Origin’s 11th human space flight.Now, per a notice via the official Blue Origin website, their trip to space is scheduled for liftoff on April 14 around 8:30am CDT/1:30pm GMT.

Details of the launch’s webcast will be shared in the coming weeks.Additionally, the mission’s patch has been revealed, with each participant receiving their own symbol.

On the patch, Katy Perry is represented by fireworks – a nod to her hit song ‘Firework’, as well as her “global influence across music, pop culture and philanthropy”.A post shared by Blue Origin (@blueorigin)The upcoming mission be the first all-female space flight since Valentina Tereshkova embarked on a solo flight and became the first woman in space in 1963.After the initial announcement of the space flight, Perry said of the mission: “Nothing was beyond my imagination as a child.