Katy Perry officially becomes an astronaut as she launches into space with all-female crew

She is joined by five other women, namely journalist Gayle King, civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen, former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, film producer Kerianne Flynn, and Bezos’ fiancee Lauren Sánche.

Blue Origin's 11th human flight, NS-31, lifted off from Launch Site One in West Texas.

As they crossed the Kármán line, which is the recognized boundary of space at 62 miles above Earth, the crew capsule detached mid-flight. This gave the all-female crew a brief experience of weightlessness.

Afterward, the rocket booster began its return journey to Earth so that it could be refurbished and reused on future flights.

This was followed by the capsule carrying Perry and the other crewmembers falling back to the ground with help from several parachutes.

Sánche was the first one to come out of the capsule, followed by Perry.

After exiting, the pop star could be seen raising a daisy flower into the sky, which may be a tribute to her daughter Daisy, before kneeling to kiss the ground.

Explaining why she brought a daisy to space, Perry said, "Daisies are common flowers, but they grow through any condition. They grow through cement. They grow through cracks. They grow through walls. They are resilient. They are powerful. They are strong. They are everywhere. Flowers are to me God's smile, but it's also a reminder of our beautiful earth and the flowers here and God's smile and the beautiful magic that is everywhere, all around us, and even in a simple daisy."

"I feel super connected to love, so connected to love. I think this experience has shown me you never know how much love is inside of you, like how much love you have to give and how loved you are until the day you launch," she said.

Perry also shared that she sang What a Wonderful World when she got up there because she wanted to honor the "wonderful world that [they saw] right out there and appreciating it."

Despite this one-of-a-kind moment, nothing beats the experience of being a mom to her.

"That's why it was hard for me to go, because that's all my love right there. And I have to surrender and trust that the universe is going to take care of me and protect me and also my family, my daughter, because, like, I'm full up from being able to get that gift to be being a mom and to go to space is incredible, and I wanted to model courage and worthiness and fearlessness," Perry said.

Describing the experience, Sánche highlighted how the earth was "quiet" but "also really alive."

"You look at it, and you're like, 'We're all in this together.' We're so connected, more connected than than you realize, because you just see states and all these things that divide us, but we're not," she said.

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

Perry recently told Elle magazine that she joined the space adventure for her daughter, whom she shares with actor Orlando Bloom, to "inspire her to never have limits on her dreams and show her that any type of person can reach their dreams—no matter your background, your ethnicity, your economic situation, or your education level."

"She’s already such a big dreamer and she’s only four. But also to inspire a whole new generation and make space and science glam," she added. 

Blue Origin does not publicly communicate the price of trips made possible by its New Shepard rocket.