Katy Perry shares peek inside Blue Origin rocket ahead of historic all-female flight

Singer Katy Perry shared a sneak peek inside the Blue Origin rocket ahead of the historic all-female flight to space.

The crew - made up of Perry, former Nasa rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen, film producer Kerianne Flynn, and journalist Lauren Sanchez - managed to get in some last-minute astronaut lessons in Texas on Sunday (13 April), before the historic flight on Monday.

It will be the first female-only mission in more than six decades.

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[mezzodana]

0:32 -- You're not an astronaut. You're a rich tourist. 😂😂😂 Anyone else feeling Titanic sub exploration vibes?

[danhorton]

"Houston, we have a problem." What? "Never mind" What's the problem? "Nothing" Please tell us? "You know what the problem is."

[tahitiplanderlinde]

Ladies and gentlemen, there are female astronauts out there that are the one supposed to be appreciated and proud of, and these plastics aren't one of them.

THEY ARE TOURISTS! NOT ASTRONAUTS!

[KittyVentura]

Just another publicity stunt, they must have got a huge paycheck.. 🙄🤑

[PaulWarner-pd]

Shame. Spending all that money for a publicity stunt.
Please never talk about pollution and saving the planet ever again 🤬

[TheAverageYouCuber]

Galaxy Federation vs Moonraker! If you ever saw a James Bond film called Moonraker starring the late Rodger Moore then you'll know where this is truly heading!

[bannion]

Can’t help but feel this one is gonna go bang

[mojojojo]

You know we do have homeless immigrants that need help and money. But you choose to piss away your money.

[flatearthLuton]

I'm gonna go on a whim here, and say this is a Katy perry clone, she looks different

[sen]

The only time that g force didn't have an effect on human astronauts faces 😂

[chuckskips]

Taking up space from someone who deserves it. I like it.

[MOak-wm]

I have a bad feeling about this launch.

[iPeter-cs]

Did they also name the spacecraft titan?

[guyfawkes]

I'm glad Oprah was able to free up time from her dark schedule to watch her wife go into space.

[aistra]

Im questioning that door design.. starting to compare with an aircraft

[VanderlyndenJengold]

I read a press release just after launch - apparently, there was a mix up and they sent a... oh, I can't say it. They sent a bad man up there by error with the all female crew.

[AngkarYearZero]

Is it safe to launch with that much silicone?

[jasonderry]

Science no longer sells. Let's switch to always sells!

[guyfawkes]

You would almost think that it was these women who build the rockets and launched them. Oh, wait. That was all men who did that.

[leedex]

0:20 The New Shepard dildo rocket, is not even a real space rocket. It’s not even reaching orbit 😂