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It seems all the preparations Katy Perry made to host the MTV Video Music Awardsin 20178+ Archivesgoing to come in handy — this time on an actual trip to space. 

"I’ve been training with @MTV in zero gravity, eating astronaut ice cream, and I’m on a group text with Buzz Aldrin and Neil deGrasse Tyson," she said then on Instagram, before donning an iridescent spacesuit and swinging on wires over the stage. 

Now she'll be boarding Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket, along with a few other celebrity and high-profile crewmates: CBS Mornings'Gayle Kingand Jeff Bezos'fiancée Lauren Sánchez, who founded Black Ops Aviation, an aerial film and production company. 

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The so-called NS-31 mission— which doesn't have a launch date but is expected to happen this spring — will be the 11th carrying passengers for the company. The spaceflight will travel more than 60 miles up in the sky to kiss the Kármán line, where Earth's atmosphere and outer space meet.

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Perry and the all-female crew will count themselves among the United States' latest civilian astronauts. To date, Blue Origin has taken 52 people to the space boundary. 

Rounding out the crew will be former NASArocket scientist Aisha Bowe, bioastronautics scientist and social activist Amanda Nguyen, fashion-designer-turned-film-producer Kerianne Flynn, and Sánchez, who captured a lot of attention in January when she accompanied Bezos, the founder of Blue Origin, at President Donald Trump's inauguration. 

"If someone would have told me that I would be able to go to space one day," Sánchez said in an Instagram reel, "I would have definitely, well, I don't know, laughed. I can't believe it's happening." 

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Lauren Sánchez, between Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Jeff Bezos, captured a lot of attention at President Donald Trump's inauguration on Jan. 20, 2025. Credit: Julia Demaree Nikhinson - Pool / Getty Images

King, aka Oprah's bestie, is equally gobsmacked. When CBS announced her upcoming crew assignment, the network released a video with a montage of the morning host, including a clip of her talking to correspondent Mark Strassman at a prior launch. 

"Gayle, sooner or later, we're going to get you up there," he said. 

"Mark's got jokes this morning," King said. 

These are the six women going to space on Blue Origin's New Shepard flight. Credit: Blue Origin New Shepard rocket blasts off from Blue Origin's West Texas launch pad. Credit: Blue Origin

It's unclear how much training the women will receive before the launch from Van Horn, Texas, or how much their seats cost. Neither Blue Origin nor CBS spokespeople responded to questions from Mashable. 

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In 2021, the company auctioned off the first ticket for New Shepard and donated the earnings to its foundation, Club for the Future, for space-focused charities. The winner of the seat paid $28 million, according to Blue Origin. But some guests have been able to ride for free.

Katy Perry hosts the MTV VMAs in an iridescent spacesuit. Credit: Kevin Winter / Getty Images

Since initiating its human spaceflights, Blue Origin has become known for its onboard celebritiesand providing short flights for wealthy passengers. The company sent Good Morning Americahost Michael Strahanup in December 2021. Prior to that, it flew the space captain of America's heart, Star Trekstar William Shatner, who was among the oldest people to fly in spaceat the ripe age of 90. Ed Dwight, NASA's first Black astronaut candidate, also took a Blue Origin flight last year at the age of 90.

Former Saturday Night Livecomedian Pete Davidsonwas readying for a space journey in March 2022 but missed the opportunity after the launch date had to be rescheduled. 

Blue Origin says this will be the first crew composed only of women since the Soviet Union cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova’s solo spaceflight in 1963.