\nKaty Perry Sang ‘What a Wonderful World’ During Blue Origin Rocket Ride, Then Kissed the Earth When She Landed\n
As Blue Origin’s all-female flight crew floated above the Earth on Monday, April 14, they enjoyed a special soundtrack courtesy of Katy Perry.\n
The pop star, one of six women on the New Shepard rocket that blasted off from West Texas on Monday morning, sang a few bars of “What a Wonderful World.”\n
And then once they were back on solid ground, Perry \u2014 whose fianc\u00e9, Orlando Bloom, and daughter, Daisy, watched the flight from the launch area \u2014 promptly knelt down and kissed the soil.\n
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CBS News’ Gayle King, who was also on the flight, later said Perry, 40, singing the Louis Armstrong standard was “the best part” of their 10-minute trip to the edge of space, just across the Karman line separating the atmosphere from the cosmos.\n
King said Perry began the tune once the feeling of zero gravity wore off.\n
“We\u2019d been asking her to sing all the time and she wouldn\u2019t,\u201d King said on the Blue Origin livestream, noting that Perry could have sung one of her hits, like “Roar” or “Firework.”\n
But “she said, \u2018It\u2019s not about me, I wanted to talk about the world,\u2019 \u201c King, 70, said.\n
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Perry said on the livestream that she sang “What a Wonderful World” for “the benefit of Earth,\u201d echoing Blue Origin’s motto. (Still, the private company’s rocket flights are not without controversy.)\n
King and Perry were joined by Lauren S\u00e1nchez, the fianc\u00e9e of Blue Origin founder Jeff Bezos, as well as former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, bioastronautics research scientist Amanda Nguyen, and film producer Kerianne Flynn are also joining the group.\n
The mission was the 11th human flight for the New Shepard program and the 31st in its history, according to Blue Origin.\n
The group was brought together by S\u00e1nchez, according to a previous company statement.\n
“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 has said.\n
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Ahead of takeoff, King expressed mixed feelings about the flight.\n
“It\u2019s very interesting to be terrified and excited at the same time,” she said in an interview with Elle with her fellow space travelers.\n
“I haven\u2019t felt like this since childbirth, really,” she continued. “Because I knew childbirth was going to hurt. But it\u2019s also stepping out of your comfort zone.”\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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