# An all-female crew, including pop star Katy Perry, are getting ready to blast off later today on Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket. There will be six women on board: Perry, broadcaster Gayle King, journalist Lauren Sánchez, rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen and film producer Kerianne Flynn. The Blue Origin is an autonomous rocket without a pilot, so the women are all passengers and will not be in control of the flight. It will take off from West Texas, and the mission will last about eleven minutes.
Countdown begins as Katy Perry and Gayle King to travel into space