Katy Perry‘s upcoming trip to space has been locked in for an April launch – find out more below.
- READ MORE: Katy Perry – ‘143’ review: a pop star struggles to relocate her old sense of fun
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”.
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. Although we didn’t grow up with much, I never stopped looking at the world with hopeful WONDER! I work hard to live my life that way still, and I am motivated more than ever to be an example for my daughter that women should take up space (pun intended). That’s why this opportunity is so incredible — so that I can show all of the youngest & most vulnerable among us to reach for the stars, literally and figuratively. I am honored to be among this diverse group of celestial sisters.”
In other news, Katy Perry is set to embark on her 2025 ‘Lifetimes’ tour just weeks after her space launch, marking her first tour in seven years.
In September last year, she released her seventh studio album ‘143’. It scored a two-star review, with Nick Levine writing for NME: “Pop fans have a fondness for resurrecting “flop” albums that were given short shrift when they first came out: Mariah Carey’s ill-fated soundtrack album ‘Glitter’ and Christina Aguilera’s sonic hodgepodge ‘Bionic’ have both become cult classics of sorts. But even this fate seems unlikely for ‘143’, a serviceable but slightly dull collection on which Perry struggles to relocate her old sense of fun.”
