Katy Perry and five others are due to become the latest space tourists to board a Blue Origin rocket for a brief trip high above Earth.
For nearly four years since the first ticket sold for $28 million through an online auction, billionaire Jeff Bezos’ space technology company has been offering regular trips to space to people who either have deep pockets or recognizable names.
The brief voyage takes civilian passengers on a trip above the Kármán Line – the 62-mile-high internationally recognized boundary of space – where they can experience a few minutes of weightlessness. Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket, which takes off from the company’s Launch Site One in rural west Texas, also comes with a crew capsule outfitted with large windows for them to enjoy the stunning view of Earth.
Pop music artist Perry and King, co-host of “CBS Mornings,” were announced last month as being among the next humans due to launch on the trip. Joining them are civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen, former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, filmmaker Kerianne Flynn, and Bezos’ fiancée Lauren Sánchez.
When the crew of six women get off the ground as early as Monday morning, they’ll reach the edge of space on the company’s 11th human spaceflight.
The trip will see them following in the footsteps of plenty of notable people, including household names like actor William Shatner and NFL legend Michael Strahan. Even Bezos, the founder of Amazon, took a trip on the New Shepard’s maiden crewed voyage in 2021.
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