Katy Perry among six-woman crew blasted into space as part of Blue Origin flight

Screen grab taken from Blue Origin on YouTube of singer Katy Perry after her flight in Blue Origin's New Shepard NS-31 spaceship. Picture: Blue Origin/YouTube/PA Wire.

Singer Katy Perry could be heard yelling “oh my god” as she was blasted into space as part of the six-woman crew on Jeff Bezos’s New Shepard NS-31 embarking on the Blue Origin programme.

The Firework singer could be seen in the rocket as it pulled away from the gantry at the launch facilities in West Texas, before a countdown from mission control, then flames shot out of the bottom of the craft and it successfully launched into the air.