Katy Perry's Brief Trip To Space Sparks The Same Reaction On Social Media
After making history as the first pop star to be blasted into space, Katy Perry is now safely back on Earth.
On Monday afternoon, Katy and five other women – including journalist Gayle King, activist Amanda Nguyễn and rocket scientist Aisha Bowe – formed part of the first ever all-female crew to travel to space.
The team flew on Jeff Bezos’ space tourism rocket Blue Origin, landing safely back on Earth around 10 minutes later.
And after all that flying, the… wait a minute. Did that say... did that say 10 minutes?
Yes, the six-woman crew were only actually in space for just over 10 minutes, and given how much build-up there was preceding the voyage, many were left feeling a little underwhelmed when it was confirmed the trip was already over…
i’m crying katy perry just went into space for 10 minutes and came back LMAO pic.twitter.com/CztXo9f6i2
— RoriRigz♡ (@roricyrus) April 14, 2025
them in spacepic.twitter.com/UryL8Kvtyl
— laura (@sapphicxswift) April 14, 2025
"katy perry going to space!!"
— solcito (@_valkyriecroft) April 14, 2025
The actual trip: pic.twitter.com/JK4mOyuiKY
The way Katy Perry was in space for less time than the length of the 12” version Donna Summer and Barbara Streisand’s hit ‘No More Tears (Enough is Enough)’.
— ♡ ElliXia Q ♡ (@ElliXiaQ) April 14, 2025
Katy Perry went to space for 11 minutes. pic.twitter.com/s0W7s0Hwcz
— Stuart (@st_ua_rt) April 14, 2025
Katy Perry: pic.twitter.com/VG5hOrlgdm
— ???? (@heyjaeee) April 14, 2025
the aliens watching katy perry and gayle king travel to space for 10 minutes: pic.twitter.com/xlvP0GaEOS
— wiLL (@willfulchaos) April 14, 2025
Lasted longer than Woman's World on the charts. https://t.co/05YJpfiInx
— farrrrrrley (@farrrrrrley) April 14, 2025
Having landed safely, Katy was seen emerging from the space capsule holding a daisy (a nod to her four-year-old daughter, who was named after the flower) before crouching down to kiss the ground.
Katy Perry exiting the rocket capsule. pic.twitter.com/rSIApEQ8m2
— Pop Crave (@PopCrave) April 14, 2025
I kissed the earth, I liked it https://t.co/zUoUjxdRKR
— YasinBTC (@YasinBTC) April 14, 2025
Fellow crew member Gayle then revealed that the Grammy nominee performed a quiet rendition of Louis Armstrong’s classic What A Wonderful World once she and the rest of the team were up in space.
Katy later said the moment was “not about me”, or “singing my songs”.
“It’s about a collective energy and making space for future women,” she claimed (via Variety). “It’s about this wonderful world that we see right out there and appreciating it. This is all for the benefit of Earth.”
Confirming she started to cry while Katy sang, Gayle also admitted: “We’d been asking her to sing all the time and she wouldn’t! Everybody said, ‘sing Roar!’, ‘sing Firework!’. And she said, ‘it’s not about me, I wanted to talk about the world’”.
Katy Perry sang ‘What A Wonderful World’ in space:
— Katy Perry Activity (@KatyActivity) April 14, 2025
— “We’ve been asking her to sing ‘Roar’ and ‘Firework’ and she said ‘It’s not about me. I want to talk about the world’. It was really special” pic.twitter.com/bQ0DRCFxf9
Check out some more of the funniest reactions to Katy and co’s brief trip into space below:
Seems a bit harsh on Katy Perry. https://t.co/e05GqMI03upic.twitter.com/TGFzA1m2Ba
— Scott Bryan (@scottygb) April 14, 2025
Katy Perry going to space on a random Monday is the most Katy Perry thing a Katy Perry could do
— Bradley Daniels-Moore (@bradanielsmoore) April 14, 2025
Katy Perry going to space while the camera cuts to Kris Jenner is maybe the most surreal thing I’ve ever watched
— allan ???? (@ayoprayer) April 14, 2025
Space experts and experienced astronauts Kris Jenner and Khloe Kardashian speaking at Katy Perry's rocket launch pic.twitter.com/9GU7kDHHDm
— Jack Wetherill (@JackWetherill) April 14, 2025
Watching Katy Perry get blasted into space for some reason pic.twitter.com/nFpMRQFiIE
— And I’m Victoria, Malcolm... ✌???????? (@husseybyname) April 14, 2025
the aliens seeing Katy Perry in space pic.twitter.com/IXAHesn2pE
— Louis Staples (@LouisStaples) April 13, 2025
katy perry landing in the blue origin capsule like pic.twitter.com/3sus3BD3D0
— ????️♀️???? (@himbopottomus) April 14, 2025
If Jeff Bezos can send Katy Perry into space, he can pay a wealth tax so every American has debt-free healthcare.
— Nina Turner (@ninaturner) April 14, 2025