Katy Perry Shares Excitement About Going to Space Ahead of Blue Origin Launch
Katy Perry is counting down the minutes before she heads into space later today. Late last night, the singer shared a behind-the-scenes video reflecting on her excitement about the experience.
'I've dreamt of going to space for 15 years and tomorrow that dream becomes a reality,' Perry wrote in the caption. 'The Taking Up Space Crew launches tomorrow morning at 7am CT and I am SO honored to be alongside 5 other incredible and inspiring women as we become the first ever all female flight space crew!'
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In the clip, Perry showed off the capsule and her seat inside, which is emblazoned with 'K. Perry.' She also sang a few lines, noting that 'I gotta to sing in space.'
Perry explained that while her instinct is to say she 'can't believe this is happening,' that's not the case. 'I do believe this because believing your dreams and saying that is actually how you make your dreams come true,' Perry said.
Perry will be among the passengers on Jeff Bezos' space tourism company Blue Origin's spacecraft New Shepard. The all-female crew also includes broadcast journalist Gayle King, activist Amanda Nguyen, movie producer Kerianne Flynn, entertainment reporter (and Bezos' fiancée) Lauren Sánchez, and an aerospace engineer who previously worked at NASA, Aisha Bowe. The flight will be the New Shepard's 31st overall and 11th suborbital flight with humans aboard.
Over the weekend, Perry told the Associated Press she hopes her experience inspires other. 'I am talking to myself every day and going, 'You're brave, you're bold, you are doing this for the next generation to inspire so many different people but especially young girls to go, 'I'll go to space in the future.' No limitations,' she said.
She added, 'I'm really excited about the engineering of it all. I'm excited to learn more about STEM and just the math about what it takes to accomplish this type of thing.'
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