Katy Perry and all-female crew land safely after being blasted into space on Blue Origin rocket
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Katy Perry makes history with all-women space flight
- Katy Perry and five other women have made history as the first all-female crew to launch into space in over six decades.
- The mission, Blue Origin Flight NS-31, used an autonomous rocket from Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin.
- The crew also included Gayle King, former Nasa scientist Aisha Bowe, activist Amanda Nguyen, producer Kerianne Flynn, and journalist Lauren Sanchez, who is Mr Bezos’s fiancée.
- The brief journey involved approximately four minutes in space before returning to Earth, totalling just over 10 minutes.
- The launch took place in West Texas, with the crew successfully touching down shortly after 2.30pm Monday BST.