Katy Perry, 5 others launched into space

An all-female space flight launched on Monday from West Texas, making history as the first all-female space crew since Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova's solo flight in 1963. Pop star Katy Perry, TV journalist Gayle King and three other women joined Jeff Bezos’ fiancée Lauren Sánchez on Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket.

Blue Origin launches all-female crew into space

Pop star Katy Perry, TV journalist Gayle King and three other women joined Jeff Bezos’ fiancée Lauren Sánchez on an all-female flight to space. The six women took a 10-minute flight on Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket. It was the 11th human space flight for Blue Origin.