Katy Perry arrives at the Breakthrough Prize Ceremony last week

The day has arrived for Katy Perry to be blasted into space.

Yes, you might have heard rumblings for the last few weeks that the California Gurls singer is going where no pop star has gone before – and the moment is finally here.

We imagine you might have a few questions. Namely “why?”. “How?”. And finally, “what?!”.

Allow us to clear things up for you…

Seriously, what’s this about Katy Perry going to space?

Back in February, Katy confirmed that she was set to blast off as part of the first ever all-female crew in history to go to space.

She’ll be part of a six-woman crew on Amazon billionaire Jeff Bezos’ space tourism rocket, where she’ll be joined by the likes of broadcaster Gayle King, movie producer Kerianne Flynn and journalist Lauren Sánchez (who is also engaged to Bezos).

Rounding off the crew are activist Amanda Nguyễn and – thankfully! – actual rocket scientist Aisha Bowe.

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Katy enthused on Instagram around the time of the announcement: “If you had told me that I would be part of the first ever all-female crew in space, I would have believed you. Nothing was beyond my imagination as a child. Although we didn’t grow up with much, I never stopped looking at the world with hopeful wonder!

“I work hard to live my life that way still, and I am motivated more than ever to be an example for my daughter that women should take up space (pun intended). That’s why this opportunity is so incredible – so that I can show all of........

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