BRAVE FOUNDERS' BRAGS : MASTER SPACE HONOURS

THE WORLD STUDENTS SOCIETY - rises to pay and give a resounding ovation to '' All - Female Spaceflight Crew '' due for space launch.

WASHINGTON : Pop Star Katy Perry all set to blast off into space. SINGER'S flight will be Jeff Bezos' next space mission.

Pop Star Katy Perry is set to '' shoot across the sky '' this spring when she lifts off as part of a six member, all-female crew on Blue Origin's next space flight, the company announced Thursday.

As if answering the call of her hit song ET, Perry will embark on a star-studded journey alongside  journalist Lauren Sanchez, who is Blue Origin's owner Jeff Bezos fiancee, and CBS Mornings co-host Gayle King.

Blue Origin began launching wealthy tourists and celebrities into space in 2021 aboard its New Shepard rocket, named after Alan Shepard, the first American in date.

To date, the company has flown 52 people in suborbital space across 10 crewed missions.  New Shepard Missions launch from the company's Launch Site One in West Texas.

Flights typically last just 10 or 11 minutes from liftoff to landing, with passengers experiencing a few minutes of microgravity as their capsule soars beyond the Karman line - the internationally recognised boundary of space,  100 kilometers [ 60 miles above sea level].

The rocket booster makes an upright vertical landing, while the capsule deploys parachutes for a gentle touchdown in the Texas desert.

Also on board will be research scientist Amanda Nguyen, former NASA rocket scientist,  Aisha Bowe, and film producer Kerianne Flynn.

Past luminaries aboard New Shepard include  Star Trek legend William Shatner, as well as Bezos himself, who flew on the inaugural crewed flight .

Ticket prices remain undisclosed, though celebrities are often given complimentary seats.

This mission will mark the first all-female  spaceflight crew since Valentina Tereshkova's  historic solo flight in 1963.

LIKE ELON MUSK - the only person wealthier than him - JEFF BEZOS has an enduring passion for space.

But while Musk dreams of colonising Mars, Bezos envisions shifting heavy industry off-planet onto floating space platforms to preserve  Earth, ''  humanity's blue origin.''

In January, the company successfully launched its giant New Glen rocket for the first time - a crucial step in its expansion into the lucrative commercial launch sector.

The World Students Society thanks. AFP.