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The All Woman Blue Origin Space Mission also known as Katy Perry is Going To Space refers to memes and jokes about pop star Katy Perry joining the all-woman space mission coordinated by Jeff Bezos' space technology company Blue Origin. In April 2025, Katy Perry joined a crew of diverse and accomplished women, including journalist Gayle King, civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen, aerospace engineer Aisha Bowe, film producer Kerianne Flynn, and pilot Lauren Sánchez, fiancée of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, in a sub-orbital spaceflight mission. The rocket is set to launch from Blue Origins' Texas launch site, for an 11-minute journey where the crew experience about four minutes of weightlessness before returning via parachute. Several internet users posted memes and jokes about the idea of Katy Perry going to space, with some criticizing reactions that made light of the danger to her life.

History

On February 27th, 2025, Jeff Bezos's space technology company Blue Origin made a post on Twitter / X^[1] announcing the all-female crew of the New Shepard NS-31. The six-member team includes pop star Katy Perry, journalist Gayle King, civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen, aerospace engineer Aisha Bowe, film producer Kerianne Flynn, and pilot Lauren Sánchez, fiancée of Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. The tweet linked to an article^[2] on the Blue Origin website that delved into the crew's mission patch and how its symbols related to each crew member.

An April 12th, 2025, Pop Crave^[4] post about the launch garnered attention before the launch, reading, "Katy Perry, Gayle King, Lauren Sánchez, Aisha Bowe, Amanda Nguyen & Kerianne Flynn stun ahead of space voyage this Monday." The post gathered over 61,000 likes in two days.

The official Blue Origin YouTube^[3] account shared a live webcast following the ship's launch and descent on April 14th, gathering over 190,000 views in two days.

Also on April 14th, the Blue Origin Twitter / X^[3] account shared a video of the five women in zero gravity, writing, "✨ Weightless and limitless," and gathering over 14,000 likes in two days.

✨ Weightless and limitless. pic.twitter.com/GQgHd0aw7i

— Blue Origin (@blueorigin) April 14, 2025

Online Reactions

Several internet users reacted to the all-woman mission "to space," with many internet users joking about how short of the trip the 11-minute journey was. Twitter^[11] user @nostalgia posted a SpongeBob Roller Coaster meme on April 14th, gathering over 22,000 likes in two days.

katy perry and gayle king in space pic.twitter.com/UvYL3H6fpr

— nostalgia (@whyrev) April 14, 2025

Also on April 14th, singer Azealia Banks^[12] tweeted, "I don’t think they even went to space that shit was fake af. How they back already it’s been like 40 mins," gathering over 84,000 likes in two days.

Several celebrities also spoke out against the Blue Origin Space Mission, with model Emily Ratajkowski saying that she was "disgusted" by the Blue Origin space trip, saying, "Look at the state of the world and think about how many resources went into putting these women in space… for what?"

Emily Ratajkowski says she’s ‘disgusted’ by the Blue Origin space trip:“Look at the state of the world and think about how many resources went into putting these women in space… for what?” pic.twitter.com/i9rRrWvSei

— Pop Base (@PopBase) April 14, 2025

Actress Olivia Wilde also dismissed the Blue Origin space trip, writing, "Billion dollars bought some good memes I guess" on her Instagram Story.^[8]

Reactions to Katy Perry

Some internet users mocked the idea of Katy Perry going to space by joking about her encountering a terrible accident. On April 7th, 2025, X^[7] user @bklynb4by posted a clip of Stewie ejecting Meg into outer space in Family Guy. The post gathered over 14,000 likes in a week.

https://t.co/0SBh5rYKUa pic.twitter.com/qDB53cFbCm

— Brooklyn (@bklynb4by) April 7, 2025

Other internet users expressed concerns for Katy Perry's safety. On April 7th, 2025, X^[5] user @M0NK3Y_G1RL quoted the aforementioned Pop Crave post, writing, "i’m legitimately nervous that she’s gonna die. it just would be so on-brand for her to die in this way. i am legit scared for her," and gathering over 250,000 likes in a week.

Several Twitter users echoed the sentiment and expressed their worries and fears about Katy Perry going to space. On April 8th, X^[6] user @ifiwerearoy wrote, "Am I the only one who feels really weird about this. I don’t want to speak anything negative into existence but something in my gut is uneasy," gathering over 150,000 likes in a week.

On April 13th, X^[9] user @silvergelpen reposted words William Shatner wrote after going on a similar space mission, gathering over 37,000 likes in a day.

Reactions to Gayle King

Several internet users shared jokes about journalist Gayle King going on the Blue Origin Space Mission, with X^[12] user @schlife posting a close-up of Gayle taken before the flight and writing, "Have never seen someone less convinced about something." The post gathered over 8,000 likes in four days.

On the day of the launch, X^[13] user @_uncle_gworl shared a video of Oprah Winfrey crying as she watched the rocket carrying Gayle King take off. The tweet read, "she almost lost her best muncher," and gathered over 60,000 likes in two days.

she almost lost her best muncher pic.twitter.com/Q9N9EF9434

— uncle gworl (@_uncle_gworl) April 14, 2025

On April 14th, X^[14] user @fkajack quoted a video of Gayle King revealing at Katy Perry "sang in space" and joked, "no wonder they came back so quickly." The post gathered over 400,000 likes in two days.

no wonder they came back so quickly https://t.co/MNTSyTZhyy

— fkajack (@fkajack) April 14, 2025

Various Examples

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