Katy Perry is going to area.

The acclaimed “E.T.” and “Firework” vocalist will fly on a firework of her own when she signs up with the very first all-female team to introduce on a Blue Origin New Shepard rocket later on this year. The objective, which takes off this spring, is led by Lauren Sánchez-partner of Blue Origin’s billionaire creator Jeff Bezos -who has actually hired a well-regarded group of celebs, researchers and reporters to join her on the flight.

“Katy is honored to be a part of Blue Origin’s first all-female crew and hopes her journey encourages her daughter and others to reach for the stars, literally and figuratively,” Blue Origin stated in a declaration

Sánchez and Perry will release on a suborbital spaceflight from Blue Origin’s West Texas pad together with STEMBoard CEO and previous NASA rocket researcher Aisha Bowe, movie manufacturer Kerianne Flynn, CBS Mornings co-host Gayle King and bioastronautics research study researcher Amanda Nguyen. Their objective will be the very first all-female area team because the Soviet Union introduced cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova into orbit to end up being the very first lady in area in 1963. Sánchez hopes the objective will “inspire the next generation of explorers,” according to Blue Origin.

“She is honored to lead a team of explorers on a mission that will challenge their perspectives of Earth, empower them to share their own stories, and create lasting impact that will inspire generations to come,” Blue Origin stated in a declaration.

Blue Origin revealed its all-female NS-31 objective 2 days after the effective launch of its newest six-person area traveler flight NS-30. That objective brought investor Lane Bess (a repeat leaflet with Blue Origin), Spanish television host Jesús Calleja, physicist business owner Elaine Chia Hyde, reproductive endocrinologist Richard Scott, hedge fund partner Tushar Shah and a 6th unnamed crewmember to area and back.

Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket is a multiple-use booster and team pill constructed to fly travelers and experiments on brief journeys to suborbital area. While the rocket’s area pill can not orbit the Earth, to does fly above the Kármán line 62 miles (100 kilometers) up, extensively considered as the limit of area. The objectives are brief, about 11 minutes or two, and enable guests to experience about 4 minutes of weightlessness and sweeping views of Earth from area through New Shepard’s big windows.