Katy Perry went to space but does that make her an astronaut?
She went to space and she liked it.
It鈥檚 2025 and Katy Perry has officially gone to space. On Monday 14th April, she strapped herself into the Blue Origin rocket and blasted off like a 鈥淔irework鈥� with five other well-known women. The rocket is owned by Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos and his fianc茅 Lauren Sanchez was also on board. The women claimed this all-female mission was to 鈥渢ake up space鈥� but the reaction to the trip has been 鈥淗ot N Cold鈥�. Some argue this wasn鈥檛 a win for feminism, only for the 鈥淩oar鈥� of capitalism.
But what is space tourism? And are regular people going to start flying to space and become 鈥溾�楨.T.鈥�?
The 成人快手鈥檚 Science correspondent Victoria Gill explains what the reaction has been and the impact space travel can have on the environment.
Instagram: @bbcwhatintheworld
Email: whatintheworld@bbc.co.uk
WhatsApp: +44 330 12 33 22 6
Presenter: William Lee-Adams
Producers: Emily Horler and Emilia Jansson
Editor: Julia Ross-Roy
Last on
Broadcasts
- Fri 18 Apr 2025 17:50GMT成人快手 World Service News Internet
- Sat 19 Apr 2025 02:50GMT成人快手 World Service East and Southern Africa, South Asia, West and Central Africa & East Asia only
Podcast
-
![]()
What in the World
Helping you make sense of what鈥檚 happening in your world.
