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Pop star Katy Perry, journalist Gayle King and four fellow passengers are set to launch into space on a Blue Origin rocket on Monday morning. The New Shepard rocket, a 59-foot-tall suborbital ...

The flight lasted around 11 minutes, according to the company. Blue Origin's all-female crew, which included pop star Katy Perry, completed their trip into space Monday morning. The flight lasted ...

New Shepard doesn't just take celebrities on joy rides to the edge of space. Blue Origin regularly launches it with scientific payloads and other cargo on board from paying customers, including NASA.