US singer Katy Perry and five other women were launched into space on a rocket from Blue Origin, the space company owned by Jeff Bezos.
The flight left from western Texas at around 8:30 am on Monday on a brief mission to suborbital space.
The all-female crew includes Bezos’ fiancee Lauren Sanchez, a US author and philanthropist; and TV presenter Gayle King.
Other passengers are aerospace engineer Aisha Bowe, film producer Kerianne Flynn, and Amanda Nguyen, founder of a campaign group against sexual violence.
The 11-minute space flight passed the Karman line, which is the internationally recognised altitude for where space begins.
The women did not control the flight because the Blue Origin is a fully automated craft that doesn’t need a pilot.
It was the latest wave in space tourism, where prominent persons can enter the zero-gravity realm traditionally dominated by professional astronauts.
In a chat with Elle Magazine, Perry revealed she is “flying for my daughter, Daisy”.
“To inspire her to never have limits on her dreams and show her that any type of person can reach their dreams—no matter your background, your ethnicity, your economic situation, or your education level,” the 40-year-old singer added.
While in space, the crew members were unstrapped from their seats and experienced weightlessness for a brief period during the trip.
The venture features the first all-female space crew since Russian cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova’s historic solo flight in 1963.
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