What Katy Perry Has Said About Going To Space

Katy Perry is headed to space aboard the first all-female flight since 1963, accompanied by other celebrities in a zero-gravity flight at the top of the Earth’s atmosphere.

The pop star has said that the universe gave her “confirmations” that the trip, managed by Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, was the right thing to do.

Why Is Katy Perry Going to Space?

In March, Blue Origin announced that their April 14 trip would feature an all-female crew and passenger list. Bezos’ fiancée, journalist Lauren Sánchez, organized a list of women to take the trip, including Katy Perry, TV host Gayle King, engineer Aisha Bowe, civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen and film producer Kerianne Flynn.

What To Know

In an interview with Elle, Perry said that she was excited about the trip, and that she had been looking for a way to go into space for a while.

“I don’t have any time to be nervous; I don’t have time to be worried,” she said. “I’m going to feel something when they go, ’10, 9, 8, 7,…’ but until then, we’ve got stuff to do. We’ve got business to handle.”

Describing her initial reaction to the offer from Sánchez, Perry said: “I was like, ‘What am I going to wear?’ But seriously, I have wanted to go to space for almost 20 years. I was investigating all of the possible commercial options.

Katy Perry attends the 11th Breakthrough Prize Ceremony at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, California, on April 5, 2025.

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“Even when Blue Origin was first talking about commercial travel to space, I was like, ‘Sign me up! I’m first in line.’ And then they called me, and I was like, ‘Really? I get an invite?’ And then they told me about it being the first all-female crew.”

The passengers, along with the crew, will all be women, making this the first all-female space flight since Russian astronaut Valentina Tereshkova flew alone in 1963.

“I take pause in those moments and ask the universe to give me confirmations,” Perry said. “I really felt very sure when they sent me the picture of the space pod, because on the front of the pod is a feather, and that’s my mom’s nickname for me. And so I was like, Okay, I see it.”

How Long Will Katy Perry Be In Space?

The flight is expected to be very short, with Blue Origin estimating it will last around 11 minutes. The ship will fly at the very edge of the atmosphere, creating a zero-gravity effect on board.

The six passengers will be flying aboard the New Shepard, which has already made 30 flights. It has been making successful crewed missions since 2021.