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Katy Perry took off to space on Monday (April 14) in the morning with a completely feminine crew in a Blue Origin rocket. The impeccable launch from the facilities of the company owned by Jeff Bezos in Texas, under a perfect blue sky, led space tourists to cross the atmosphere to almost Mach 3.

Before the flight, CBS transmitted images of the women sitting next to the windows of a SUV, greeting the crowd gathered while they were transferred to the launch platform. Almost three minutes after the flight, the crew module separated from the propeller, sending the rounded cone to the nearby space, approximately 62 miles (100 kilometers) on the earth, in the area known as the “Kármán line”, an imaginary border considered as the division between the earth’s atmosphere and the outer space.

On the flight, Perry was accompanied by the fiance of Jeff Bezos, Lauren Sánchez, as well as the co -presenter of CBS Mornings Gayle King, Aisha Bowe Aerospace Engineer, civil rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize Amanda Nguyen, and producer and businesswoman Kerianne Flynn. The CBS cameras captured the moment when the capsule separated from the propeller, with King’s best friend, Oprah Winfrey, crying with joy for her achievement.

The crew experienced between three and four minutes of ungravation before fastening again for the descent back to the earth. CBS transmitted choppy audio of the marveled crew for the view of the earth from space, as well as images of the propeller returning to the earth for a smooth and perfectly vertical landing.

At eight and a half minutes, the capsule parachutes were deployed and the spectators could hear screams of joy from inside the cone while making a soft landing in the desert. In a matter of minutes, Blue Origin employees ran to the capsule in trucks full of friends and family of travelers to celebrate the trip.

Bezos opened the capsule hatch and received Sanchez with a big hug and kiss when he left, while Perry emerged and seemed to lift a small margarita in the air in an apparent tribute to his daughter Daisy Dove before falling to knees to kiss the ground.

When speaking with 11 Alive later, King said he still felt “floating” for experience. “I still can’t accept that word (astronaut). I can’t even believe what I saw. When someone calls this a rocket ride … This was not a walk. What happened to us was not a walk. This was an authentic and genuine flight.” The news presenter also said that her flight instructor said that King was her most successful student so far, since she had never had someone with so much fear of flying. “I am so proud of me right now!”

King also stressed that Perry sang a bit of the Louis Armstrong classic “What a Wonderful World” while travelers fashed again in their seats for the return to the earth. “We were asking him to sing all the time and did not,” King said. “Everyone said: ‘Sing’ Roar ‘, sings’ Firework ‘, but she said:’ It’s not about me. I wanted to talk about the world.”

“I feel super connected to love,” said Perry, radiant, after touching earth. “So connected to love. I think this experience has shown me that you never know how much love you have within you, how much love you have to give, and how much love you receive until the day that parts.” The singer was excited to hear how proud her daughter Daisy was seeing her take off to the atmosphere, holding the margarita she led with him.

“Margaritas are common flowers, but they grow under any condition,” he explained. “They grow through cement, they grow through cracks, they grow through walls. They are resilient. They are powerful, they are strong, they are everywhere. For me, flowers are the smile of God, but they are also a reminder of our beautiful earth and … the beautiful magic that is everywhere, around us, even in a simple margarita, to really appreciate it, remember it, take care of it, take care of it, take care of it.

Describing the launch and return, Perry said it was definitely “the most intense of emotions. It is to surrender to the unknown, trusting. All this trip is not just about going to space. It is training, the team, it is the whole set. You could not recommend this experience more.” When asked how he would qualify it, Perry gave him a “10 of 10.”

Perry said he sang “What a Wonderful World” – who has played in the past – instead of one of his songs in honor of the “collective energy that was there, it is about us, to make room for future women, to occupy space and belong. And it is about this wonderful world that we see out there and appreciate it. All this is for the benefit of the earth.”

In a race full of innumerable exhausted shows and millions of singles and albums sold, Perry said his brief flight to space was only surpassed by the experience of being a mother. “And that’s why it was difficult for me to go,” he said. “Because all my love is there. And I have to give up and trust that the universe will take care of me and protect me and also my family, my daughter.”

The best part? Perry said he will definitely write a song about his flight in the future and also revealed the setlist of his next Lifestal tour while he was in orbit.

When asked how he would describe the trip, Sanchez said he couldn’t find the words. “I looked out the window and we could see the moon … the full moon … the earth looked so calm. I was simply calm.” Was it what I expected? “No,” said Sanchez. “It was better. I don’t think it can be described.”

In an interview with the crew after his last training on Sunday, CBS sat down with women and asked them how they felt in a word. Perry chose “value,” while Gayle King opted for “blessed,” in addition to “surrender.” He explained: “This is such an unlikely place for me, and in my mind I have said that I feel well prepared for this moment after the training we have had in recent days. But it has not yet calmed the fear I have.”

When asked what surprised him about training – who made among the trials for his next world tour – Perry joked: “So many safety belts!” Perry, 40, also responded if he planned to sing in space saying that he had an idea that would not be “about me or for me. It will be for the beautiful land we came to see. Because I think that the perspective with which we are all going back is like, ‘my God, we have to protect our mother.

In an interview with AP last week, Perry explained his reason to make the trip. “I am talking to myself every day, telling me: ‘You are brave, you are bold, you are doing this for the next generation to inspire so many different people, but especially young girls, to say,” I go to space in the future. “Without limitations,” said the singer. “I am really excited by engineering of all this. I am excited to learn more about Stem and simply mathematics about what is needed to achieve this kind of thing.”

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