Katy Perry and Gayle King blast off for all-women spaceflight in Jeff Bezo’s Blue Origin rocket

Pop star Katy Perry and journalist Gayle King have blasted off into space on a Blue Origin rocket, in the latest wave of space tourism for the rich and famous. 

The trip organised by billionaire Jeff Bezos’ fiancee, Lauren Sanchez, marks the first all-female flight crew in more than six decades.