Katy Perry is sort of prepared for launch — and he or she’s giving followers a peek contained in the capsule earlier than liftoff.
The pop star is ready to board Blue Origin’s NS-31 mission on Monday morning (April 14), becoming a member of a groundbreaking, all-female crew for the corporate’s eleventh human spaceflight.
Forward of launch, Perry shared a behind-the-scenes look from contained in the capsule, posting a video to Instagram the place she seems in full flight gear along with her fellow passengers.
“I feel I’m gonna sing,” she says within the clip. “I’ve acquired to sing in area!” Because the digicam pans to indicate the six-woman staff seated collectively, Perry provides, “These are all of my astronaut girly associates,” flashing a smile because the capsule runs by means of ultimate simulations.
Becoming a member of Perry on the mission are journalist Lauren Sánchez, aerospace engineer Aisha Bowe, civil rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Amanda Nguyen, producer and entrepreneur Kerianne Flynn, and CBS Mornings anchor Gayle King. The crew is scheduled to launch at 7 a.m. CT from Blue Origin’s West Texas facility, the place they’ve spent the previous a number of days finishing astronaut coaching.
It will mark the primary all-women crewed mission to area since Valentina Tereshkova’s historic solo flight in 1963.
Earlier this week, Perry described the emotional resonance she felt whereas getting ready for the mission, explaining that she skilled what she believed had been indicators from the universe that confirmed she was on the proper path.
“After I was invited to come back on this voyage, I seemed up the capsule. On the very entrance of it’s the define within the form of a feather and once I noticed that it was like a complete affirmation as a result of my mother has all the time known as me Feather,” she stated.
“Then they reveal the capsule identify… The capsule’s identify is Tortoise. A wave, simply probably the most energetic wave, simply shot by means of my physique. My mother calls me two nicknames. Feather and Tortoise. What are the possibilities that I’m going to area on a rocket in a capsule with my image, the feather, known as Tortoise?”
“There aren’t any coincidences,” she added. “And I’m simply so grateful for these confirmations and so grateful that I really feel like one thing greater than me is steering the ship.”
Perry has embraced the symbolism and magnificence of the mission, joking in a separate put up, “There will likely be lash extensions flying within the capsule… Mine are glued on. They’re good.” She added, “House goes to lastly be glam.”
Lauren Sánchez echoed the sentiment, saying, “We’re going to place the ‘a**’ in astronaut.”
For Perry, the mission additionally serves as a message to younger ladies. “I’m motivated greater than ever to be an instance for my daughter that girls ought to take up area — actually and figuratively,” she wrote on Instagram.
After the brief journey into area — which can embrace 4 minutes of weightlessness earlier than returning to Earth — Perry will start her Lifetimes Tour in assist of her upcoming album 143, launching April 23 in Mexico Metropolis.
The flight will likely be broadcast reside on CBS with protection starting at 7 a.m. ET with a particular version of CBS Mornings, adopted by the “Gayle Goes to House” particular at 9 a.m. ET. Paramount+ can even stream your entire Blue Origin launch and flight.
