Katy Perry completes final trainings ahead of all-female Blue Origin space flight

Katy Perry is gearing up for her journey into space.On April 14, the 40-year-old singer will be flying aboard Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin rocket ship on an all-female mission along with the Amazon founder’s fiancée, Lauren Sanchez, talk-show host Gayle King, film producer Kerianne Flynn, NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, and civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen. According to reports, the group’s flight will last 11 minutes and reach 62 miles above the surface to the limits of Earth’s atmosphere.The women will not actually reach orbit.Per Good Morning America, Perry and her crew will undergo final training sessions at their rocket’s launch site in Van Horn, Texas, a few days ahead of the flight. The outlet reported that the crew will be “fitted in customized flight suits” on their first day of training, which will also see the group becoming acclimated to their flight capsule.

Upon entering a test capsule, they will see their designated seats for the first time. The final training will also include zero-gravity simulation flights for the group to acclimate to the weightlessness that they will experience during their journey.Members of the Blue Origin staff will familiarize the crew with the layout of the capsule, including the location of the cameras and oxygen masks, as well as how to correspond with ground control.“We want them to be incredibly comfortable with every little thing, even to the point where they’re going to know exactly where each of the cameras is inside of the vehicle, so they can plan out any photos that they want to take and get really ready for what that journey will look like as they go up,” Blue Origin representative Sarah Knights told “Good Morning America” in 2021.Perry and her fellow crew members recently sat down for an interview with Elle, during which the “Roar” hitmaker revealed how she is preparing for the flight, including her plans to get glammed up by her hair and makeup team before liftoff.“Space...