Katy Perry, Lauren Sanchez Set To Travel To Space Aboard Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Spacecraft

The team comprises Perry, rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, bio-astronautics research scientist Amanda Nguyen, CBS Mornings co-host Gayle King, film producer Kerianne Flynn, and Lauren Sanchez. This will be the 11th human flight for the New Shepard programme, which carries paying customers to the edge of space.

In a social media post, CBS Morning said King would be “going where few have gone before” and teased that viewers would be able to “watch Gayle take to the skies” in spring.

In a video post on her social media handles, Lauren Sanchez, 55, said that she hopes the mission will inspire people to “dream big”. “If someone would have told me that I would be able to go to space one day, I would have definitely, well, I don’t know, laughed”, she said. “I can’t believe it’s happening. My dad used to teach people how to fly, and I used to hang around the hangar.