United Kingdom, Feb. 27 -- Katy Perry is going into space.

The 'Teenage Dream' singer is to travel on the next launch of Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin rocket as part of an all-female mission for the New Shepard programme's 11th human flight.

As well as Katy, presenters Gayle King and Lauren Sanchez - who is Jeff's fiancee - former NASA rocket scientist Aisha Bowe, research scientist Amanda Nguyen and film producer Kerianne Flynn will also be part of the mission, which the company said would "challenge" their "perspectives of Earth", "empower" the crw and "create lasting impact that will inspire generations".

The 40-year-old pop star - who has four-year-old Daisy with fiance Orlando Bloom - is "honoured" to be involved and "hopes hopes her jo...