Katy Perry, Lauren Sanchez & Gayle King to fly to space with Blue Origin in first all-woman flight since 1963
Perry, Sanchez, and King will round out the six-woman crew.

POP superstar Katy Perry and former news anchor Lauren Sanchez are among the celebrities set to fly to space on the first all-women crew since 1963.

Perry and Sanchez, who will also be joined by CBS This Morning anchor Gayle King, will blast off into space on board the Blue Origin this spring.

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A photo of the Blue Origin New Shepard rocket lifting off with a crew of six from its Launch Site One in west Texas in December 2021Credit: Reuters

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Katy Perry performing during the opening ceremony of the 2025 Invictus Games at BC Place on February 8 in Vancouver, British ColumbiaCredit: Getty Images

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Lauren Sanchez and Jeff Bezos pictured at the Robin Hood Benefit 2022 at Jacob Javits Center in May 2022Credit: Getty Images – Getty

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Gayle King pictured in New York City on February 18Credit: Getty Images – Getty
The Blue Origin rocket company, owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, announced the all-female crew on Thursday but did not specify a date.

Sanchez, Bezos’ fiancee, “brought the crew together” for the “empowering mission.”

“[Sanchez] is honored to lead a team of explorers on a mission that will challenge their perspectives of Earth, empower them to share their own stories, and create lasting impact that will inspire generations to come,” the rocket company said in a statement.

King, who announced the news on This Morning on Thursday, described the feeling of flying to space “terrifying and exciting.”

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“I don’t know how to explain being terrified and excited at the same time,” King said.

“It’s like how I felt about to deliver a baby.”

King, who celebrated her 70th birthday last December, added, “I thought I wanted to open myself up to new adventures and step out of my comfort zone.”

Perry, Sanchez, and King will be accompanied by film producer Kerianne Flynn, civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen, and former Nasa rocket scientist Aisha Bowe.

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The space mission will mark the 11th human flight for Blue Origin’s New Shepard program.

King said she consulted with her children and longtime friend, Oprah Winfrey, before committing to the space mission.

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“Once Kirby and Will and Oprah was fine with it, I was fine,” King said.

“I thought Oprah would say, no, no. She said, ‘I think if you don’t do it, when they all come back and you had the opportunity to do it, you will be kicking yourself.’ She’s right.”

The award-winning broadcast journalist said she was approached in November, but was hesitant as blasting off to the edge of space “was not exactly on her bucket list.”

“This was never my dream,” King added.

“It was never my dream. And somebody said, maybe you need to have new dreams.

“These women are so bada**,” the CBS anchor said of the female crew.

“They have such amazing life stories. I feel well prepared.

“I believe in Blue Origin, what they’re doing. I am really excited and actually looking forward to it.”

Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket first launched into space in December 2021, with Bezos himself on board.

Since then, the rocket company has conducted nine other human flights to the edge of space.

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In total, 52 people have flown on board the New Shepard above the Kármán line, the internationally recognized boundary of space, according to the Blue Origin.

The last all-female flight was conducted by Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, who went on a solo spaceflight in June 1963.

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Film producer Kerianne Flynn pictured at the This Changes Everything New York premiere at DOC NYC in November 2018Credit: Getty Images – Getty

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Civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen will join Katy Perry, Lauren Sanchez, Gayle King, Kerianne Flynn, and Aisha Bowe on the all-female space missionCredit: Amanda Nguyen

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Former Nasa engineer Aisha Bowe speaking at AOL Build Speaker Series in February 2016 in New York CityCredit: Getty Images – Getty

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Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space and the last all-female flight to space in June 1963Credit: Getty – Contributor

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Blue Origin signage displayed on a screen before the launch of billionaire Jeff Bezos and his three crewmates on Blue Origin’s inaugural flight in December 2021Credit: Reuters