Dar es Salaam, April 14 -- UNITED STATE OF AMERICA: A rocket from billionaire Jeff Bezos firm Blue Origin is set to carry an all-woman group to the edge of space. Pop star Katy Perry is to be among the passengers, along with Bezos fiancee Lauren Sanchez.

A group of six women, including US singer-songwriter Katy Perry, is to blast off into the upper limits of the Earths atmosphere on Monday on a rocket from Blue Origin, the space company owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos.

Bezoss fiancee Lauren Sanchez, a US author and philanthropist, is also set to join the passengers on board the flight, which is scheduled to blast off from western Texas at around 8:30 am (1330 GMT).

According to unofficial reports, the trip comes ...