It seems all the preparations Katy Perry made to host the MTV Video Music Awards in 2017 are going to come in handy — this time on an actual trip to space. "I’ve been training with @MTV in zero gravity,

When they asked me, they asked me around Thanksgiving, I was like, ‘no, no, no." Gayle King said. "Then I started thinking about it and I just thought ‘what a unique opportunity.‘"

Katy Perry and Gayle King are headed to space with Jeff Bezos’ fiancee Lauren Sanchez and three other women. Bezos’ rocket company Blue Origin announced the all-female celebrity crew on Thursday. Sanchez,

Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin is set to fly Katy Perry, Lauren Sanchez and Gayle King as part of a six-person, all-female spaceflight.

Jeff Bezos's aerospace company Blue Origin will send a Katy Perry, Gayle King and other women into orbit this led by his fiancée Lauren Sánchez

Katy Perry mused about finding a "futuristic lover" with "different DNA" on the song "E.T." The pop star might finally get her chance to have an intergalactic encounter when she suits up with an all-female crew for the next civilian space flight on Amazon boss Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin rocket.

Blue Origin owner Jeff Bezos plans to launch an all-female crew into space that includes Katy Perry, Gayle King and his fiancée, Lauren Sánchez.