Katy Perry Set To Roar Into Space On All-female Flight

Pop star Katy Perry will be the biggest name in an all-female group set to touch the edge of space Monday, roaring into the cosmos on one of billionaire Jeff Bezos' rockets.

The 'Firework' and 'California Gurls' singer will be lofted more than 100 kilometers 60 miles above the Earth's surface in a vessel from Blue Origin, the space company owned by the Amazon founder.

Five other women including Bezos' fiancee Lauren Sanchez will join the flight, slated to blast off from western Texas at around 8:30 am 1330 GMT.

Their fully automated craft will rise vertically before the crew capsule detaches mid-flight, later falling back to the ground slowed by parachutes and a retro rocket.

Monday's mission is the first all-female space crew since Valentina Tereshkova's historic solo flight in 1963.