Katy Perry officially takes off with a female crew to space, kisses the ground when returning

Katy Perry You can add another achievement to your long list of recognition: become astronaut.

The 40 -year -old pop star was one of the six women who threw themselves into space during an exclusively female space flight on Monday, April 14. Accompanying Perry in the Blue Origin rocket were the presenter of CBS Mornings Gayle Kingthe former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, The filmmaker Kerianne Flynnthe civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen and the fiancee of Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sánchez.

The flight, which lasted about 11 minutes from takeoff to the landing and traveled 65 miles on the surface of the Earth, took off from the Blue One of Blue Origin in the west of Texas at 9:30 am et. Perry, who wore his dark hair in loose waves, and each crew member, touched a bell before boarding the spacecraft.

Although the audio inside the capsule was limited, Perry was heard and women shout with emotion to see the moon closely and the earth from above, as well as when the ship landed around 9:41 am et.

Perry’s 4 -year -old daughter, Dave Dove, who shares with her fiance Orlando Bloomwas among the multitude of family, friends and fans of space present at launch. (Khloé Kardashian and Kris Jenner They also attended). In honor of his daughter, Perry held a flower in the air when leaving the capsule before celebrating the success of the mission kissing the ground.

Perry and her flight companions made history by becoming the first totally feminine space flight from the solo crossing of the Soviet Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova In 1963. The launch also marked the eleventh manned flight for Blue Origin’s New Shepard program.

Since the flight was announced in February, Perry has shared his enthusiasm for the space trip with his followers.

“If you had told me that it would be part of the first totally feminine crew in space, I would have believed you ♥ ️😉,” he wrote on Instagram on February 27. “Nothing was beyond my girl’s imagination. Although we did not grow up, I never stopped looking at the world with a hopeful wonder. I still work hard to live my life in that way, and I am more motivated than ever to be an example for my daughter that women should take up space (with double meaning).”

Perry added that he was “honest” to use the space flight to “show all the youngest and most vulnerable people among us who must reach the stars, literally and figuratively.”

The “ET” singer took a break from the preparation for her next Lifesses Tour To meet their space debuting companions while filming the April digital cover of Elle Magazine “Everyone is as charming and great as I imagined that they would be – I still can’t believe that I go to space!” He subtitled in his photos and clips behind the cameras of the cover photo shoot on Instagram earlier this month.

One day before the flight, Perry revealed the special connection that he shares with the name and design of the space capsule. “The capsule in the front has the pen with a pen -shaped silhouette,” he shared in an Instagram video on Sunday, April 13. “And when I saw that, it was like a total confirmation because my mother has always called me pen.”

That day, Perry glanced at the capsule after training and discovered that he was called “Tortoise”, which turns out to be another nickname his mother had. “What are the chances of going to space, in a rocket, in a capsule, with my symbol, the pen, called Tortoise?” He said. “There are no coincidences, and I am very grateful for these confirmations and so grateful to feel that something bigger than I is directing the ship.”

Perry gave fans an advance inside the space capsule in another Instagram video on Sunday, which included a look at his blue space suit and his seat with “K. Perry” written in him. “I think I’m going to sing, to sing a little,” he joked at the clip. “I have to sing in space!”

In the photo of the publication, Perry wrote that it has been a dream of his going to space for “15 years”, adding, “Tomorrow that dream becomes a reality 👩🏻‍🚀🪶🐢. The Taking Up Space Crew throws himself tomorrow morning at 7am CT and I am so honest of being with another 5 incredible and inspiring women while we become the first fully feminine space flight crew!”