In an exciting development from Blue Origin, pop icon Katy Perry is set to join an all-female space flight this spring.

The six-member crew includes prominent individuals like journalist Lauren Sanchez and CBS Mornings co-host Gayle King, who will embark on their journey aboard the New Shepard rocket.

This mission aims to underscore the growing participation of women in space exploration.

Founded by Amazon's Jeff Bezos, Blue Origin began its suborbital space tourism flights in 2021. The New Shepard rocket is named in tribute to Alan Shepard, the first American in space.

So far, the company has successfully completed ten crewed missions, conveying a total of 52 people into suborbital space.

Flights from Blue Origin’s Launch Site One in West Texas generally last about ten to eleven minutes, allowing passengers to experience several minutes of microgravity after surpassing the Karman line, the internationally acknowledged edge of space located at 100 kilometers (62 miles) above sea level.

The rocket booster concludes its mission with a vertical landing, while the passenger capsule returns gently with the assistance of parachutes, touching down in the Texas desert.

Joining Perry and Sanchez on this upcoming flight will be research scientist Amanda Nguyen, former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, and film producer Kerianne Flynn.

Previous notable passengers on New Shepard include actor William Shatner and Jeff Bezos himself, who was part of the inaugural crewed flight in July 2021.

While ticket pricing details have not been revealed, it is common practice for celebrities to receive free seats on these voyages.

Additionally, this will mark the first all-female crewed spaceflight since Valentina Tereshkova's pioneering solo mission in 1963, representing a significant milestone in the history of space travel.

Blue Origin aims to push forward various projects in space exploration.

In addition to its tourism initiatives, the company is venturing into the commercial launch market, having successfully tested its New Glenn rocket.

It has also secured a contract with NASA to develop a lunar lander for the upcoming Artemis missions, aimed at returning humans to the Moon.

Furthermore, New Glenn will assist in deploying Project Kuiper, an ambitious satellite internet constellation designed to compete with Elon Musk’s Starlink project.

Both Bezos and Musk have a strong passion for space, though their visions differ, with Bezos focusing on using off-world resources for heavy industry to benefit Earth's sustainability, while Musk promotes the idea of colonizing Mars.