Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket took off Monday morning with its star-studded, glammed-up, all-female crew, including singer Katy Perry, Jeff Bezos’ fiancée Lauren Sanchez, and “CBS Mornings” co-host Gayle King.
The New Shepard 31 soared through the Texas sky with the three celebrities and crewmates Amanda Nguyen, Aisha Bowe and Kerianne Flynn, who enjoyed just a few minutes in space before returning to Earth as part of a historic 11-minute space tourism flight.
“Oh my goddess!” Perry could be heard yelling when taking a peek at the moon from their sky-high vantage point.
The women flew about 62 miles above the Earth, just above the Karman Line designating outer space — where they caught sight of the void of space, the moon, and the blue planet.
Given the short duration of the flight, the crew only got to experience about four minutes of weightlessness.
After their brief stint in space, the women came back for a soft parachute landing back in the Texas desert, with their thrilled screams heard reverberating through the microphones inside the capsule.
The crowds looking on at the Texas launch site roared with cheers and applause as they welcomed the women back to Earth.
Bezos was the first at the scene to greet his fiancée and the rest of the crew as they exited the capsule.
The women could be heard laughing and cheering as they exited the vehicle, with Sanchez giving Bezos a hug and Perry giving a quick smooch to the Earth below as she’s happy to be back home.
