
Singer Katy Perry could be heard yelling “oh my god” as she was blasted into space as part of the six-woman crew on Jeff Bezos’s New Shepard NS-31 embarking on the Blue Origin programme.
The Firework singer could be seen in the rocket as it pulled away from the gantry at the launch facilities in West Texas, before a countdown from mission control, then flames shot out of the bottom of the craft and it successfully launched into the air.