Katy Perry and five other women have returned to earth safely after their 11-minute trip to space.
Perry was joined by Amanda Ngutyen, a civil rights activist who will be the first Vietnamese woman to fly to space; film producer Karianne Flynn; entrepreneur and former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bow; and journalists Gayle King and Lauren Sanchez.
The women travelled in Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin New Shepard, which was created specifically for commercial space flights, in the first all-female space journey since 1963.
Upon returning to earth, Sanchez expressed how proud she was of the crew and both Perry and King kissed the ground.
While Blue Origin has not released full ticket prices, a US$150,000 deposit is required alongside the tickets, which are likely to be in the millions.
The trip has also come under fire for its environmental impact and for it being tone deaf to current feminism movements.
The flight also marks a new frontier in space tourism and competion between Bezos’ Blue Origin, who Perry and her crew flew with, and Elon Musk’s Space X.
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