Which famous women are joining Katy Perry in space?
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00:00Katy Perry and some famous friends are finally jetting off into space aboard Jeff Bezos' rocket.
00:06The 40-year-old pop star is part of a six-woman crew on the Amazon Chief Executive's New Shepard
00:10NS-31 mission, organised by his partner, journalist Lauren Sanchez. Sanchez hand-picked the crew
00:16herself. So, who else is going? On board the spacecraft will be CBS Mornings presenter Gail
00:22King and former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe. Accompanying them will be astronaut and
00:27activist Amanda Wynne and movie producer Kerri-Ann Flynn. The 11-minute trip is launching at 2.30pm
00:32BST on Monday, or 8.30am local time, and will pass over the Karmann Line, which is internationally
00:39recognised as the boundary of space. The crew capsule will descend back to Earth using three
00:44parachutes. The trip is aiming to create a lasting impact that will inspire generations, with the
00:49women forming the first all-female crew since Russian engineer Valentina Tereshkova's solo flight to
00:54space in 1963.