14-04-2025
14 Suuuuuper Awkward Moments From That Space Launch
An all-female crew composed of Katy Perry, Gayle King, Lauren Sánchez, Kerianne Flynn, Aisha Bowe, and Amanda Nguyen traveled to space for a few minutes today.
That 10 minute trip is the talk of the town today because a bunch of weird, funny, and awkward things happened. Let's recap:
2. Just before the crew went into space, they rang a bell, and Gayle King's expression showed *exactly* how excited she was.
REPLAY: A New Shepard tradition
— Blue Origin (@blueorigin) April 14, 2025
Twitter: @blueorigin
Thrilled is an understatement!
And now it's a meme.
3. Speaking of Gayle, thank God she made it. And here's how she reacted when she landed:
4. Katy Perry did the same thing:
5. Oprah was there to support Gayle, and a video of her crying is going viral.
Oprah overwhelmed hands on face takes glasses of crying tears
— Ashley's Media (@mediagnome16) April 14, 2025
mediagnome16/ Twitter: @mediagnome16
I'm kind of obsessed with the dramatics.
mediagnome16/ Twitter: @mediagnome16
6. Speaking of dramatic, the landing was pretty intense: "No way they dropped them like that."
the landing was CRAZY😭
— ໊ (@smazos) April 14, 2025
smazos/ Twitter: @smazos
7. There's also this video where you can hear everyone SCREAMING.
katy perry is back and alive! no way they dropped them like that 😭
— 2000s (@PopCulture2000s) April 14, 2025
PopCulture2000s/ Twitter: @PopCulture2000s
8. Kris Jenner and Khloé Kardashian were the event's most esteemed guests.
As this person said, "I did not have Kris Jenner and Khloe Kardashian becoming space experts on my 2025 bingo card."
9. Kris was also shown filming the landing on her phone, giving off "You're doing amazing, sweetie" vibes.
10. Gayle King explained why Katy Perry sang "What a Wonderful World" in space. Katy told her she chose not to perform one of her own hits because, as she said, "It's not about me, I'm here to talk about the world."
Gayle King confirms Katy Perry sang in space.
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) April 14, 2025
11. Katy apparently revealed the setlist for her tour while up there.
12. Jeff Bezos tripped and fell trying to get to the pod.
Nevermind Jeff 😅 #BlueOrigin
— John Calladine (@lardlikesdogs) April 14, 2025
Oops.
lardlikesdogs/ Twitter: @lardlikesdogs
13. Katy said that her trip to space was for the "benefit of Earth."
14. And lastly, there's the fact that they were only space for a few minutes, like the total trip time was 10 minutes.
