by Katy Perry said that she received a “confirmation” from the universe that she should take part in the Blue Origin Space Mission.
The 40-year-old US pop star is part of a six-women crew who was organized on Jeff Bezos’ new Shepard NS-31 mission, which was organized by his partner, journalist Lauren Lawer Sanchez.
The trip, which starts on Monday at 8.30 a.m. local time from West Texas, will probably take around 11 minutes.
In a video that published one day before the start on Instagram, the Roar singer said that she was “always after small confirmations from the sky, from my leaders, of my angels, of my higher self”.
“When I’m looking for it, it’s pretty loud,” she added.
During space training, Perry said that she noticed two unexpected coincidences called her mother’s nicknames.
She said, “When I was invited to get on this trip, I checked the capsule.
“And so I am in space training today and there is a lot to digest. We are almost finished with the day and they showed ourselves the capsule and perform simulations in a different capsule and the noise and what to expect and all these different things and they reveal the capsle name.
“The name of the capsule is turtle. A wave, only the most energetic wave, simply shot through my body. And I said:” What? The name of this capsule is turtle? “
“My mother calls me two nicknames. Feather and turtle. What are the chances that I go into the room with my symbol, the feather, the turtle called turtle in a capsule?”
She added: “There are no coincidences and I am simply so grateful for these confirmations and so grateful that I have the feeling that something bigger than I direct the ship.”
Perry joins rocket scientists Aisha Bowe, Bio-Astonautics researcher Amanda Nguyen, CBS-Morning moderator Gayle King, film producer Kerianne Flynn and Ms. Sanchez on the flight.
It will be the 11th human flight for the Blue Origin program that passengers, including Mr. Bezos, has brought to space since 2021.
Ms. Sanchez said the mission is about inspiring others to “Dream Big”, and praised the women on board as “incredible storytellers”.
