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Message: [QUOTE="Nehanda, post: 26589, member: 2262"] Katy Perry plans to fly into space with five other women on the next Blue Origin rocket trip. The group includes Lauren Sanchez, who will marry Jeff Bezos, who runs Blue Origin; TV host Gayle King from CBS; Aisha Bowe, who used to make rockets at NASA; Amanda Nguyen, who fights for equal rights; and movie maker Kerianne Flynn. No women had gone to space together as a group since 1963 when Valentina Tereshkova from the Soviet Union went up by herself. The trip should happen before summer starts because Perry needs to begin her Lifetimes Tour on April 23, and she sings at shows until November 11. Perry said she could see why this would happen because, as a kid, she thought big dreams were possible. She feels like she fits with the first female space crew. The flight is called NS-31 and marks the 11th time the New Shepherd rocket takes humans, plus the 31st launch ever. Blue Origin has helped 52 persons reach space already. These short trips last 11 minutes from start to finish, with no pilots needed since computers run everything. The rocket goes past the Karman line, which marks where space starts based on what most countries agree. Lauren Sanchez put the whole trip together, according to Blue Origin. She wants to lead these women who will see Earth from far away and come back changed. They can tell their stories and help young people dream big for years ahead. Sanchez told Vogue last year she wanted to fly with just women to show what they can do. Famous people often take these space trips lately. Jeff Bezos flew first when his company tested human flights in 2021. Football star Michael Strahan, who works on morning TV, went up later. William Shatner from Star Trek also rode a Blue Origin rocket. Richard Branson, who started Virgin Galactic, took his ship VSS Unity to space in July 2021. Elon Musk makes SpaceX rockets but has not yet gone to space himself. The exact day for the women's flight has not been set, but Blue Origin says it happens during spring. Perry must leave time after her space trip to rest before she starts singing at concerts across the world for many months. [/QUOTE]

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