Pop star Katy Perry is set to "shoot across the sky" this spring when she lifts off as part of a six-member, all-female crew on Blue Origin's next space flight, the company announced Thursday. This mission will mark the first all-female spaceflight crew since Valentina Tereshkova's historic solo flight in 1963.

Pop icon Katy Perry is trading the stage for the stars as she joins an all-female crew on Blue Origin’s upcoming space mission this spring, the company announced on Thursday.Perry will be joined by journalist Lauren Sanchez,

Katy Perry is going to space. The award-winning "E.T." and "Firework" singer will fly on a firework of her own when she joins the first all-female crew to launch on a Blue Origin New Shepard rocket later this year.

Pop superstar Katy Perry is set to blast off into space this spring as part of a historic all-female crew on Blue Origin's New Shepard rocket. The singer – whose hits aptly include Firework and E.T. – will be joined by former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe,