Katy Perry, Gayle King kiss the ground after exiting Blue Origin space craft following four minutes in space

Pop-star Katy Perry and CBS Mornings co-host Gayle King some instantly kissed nan Earth aft returning from their trip to abstraction connected Blue Origin’s Shepard rocket Monday morning.

The 2 celebrities, portion of nan all-female mission, popped retired of nan capsule and instantly dropped to their knees to springiness nan Texas godforsaken a smooch, thrilled to beryllium backmost location aft nan pulse-pounding adventure.

“Oh my God, that was amazing,” King said pinch a ample sigh of relief.

Perry, who posed pinch a daisy pointed to nan entity — a tribute to her girl Daisy Dove Bloom — was each smiles pursuing nan 11-minute abstraction tourism flight.

“It is nan highest high,” Perry said of nan trip. “I couldn’t urge this acquisition more.” 

Perry, who became nan first popular prima to singing successful space, chose to sing Louis Armstrong’s “What a Wonderful World” during nan historical formation alternatively than 1 of her ain songs.

“I deliberation that is not astir me. It’s not astir singing my songs. It’s astir a corporate power successful there. It’s astir us,” she said. 

“It’s astir making abstraction for early women and taking up abstraction and belonging. And it’s astir this awesome world that we spot correct retired location and appreciating it,” she added. “This is each for nan use of Earth.” 

Perry added that she will beryllium penning a caller opus based connected nan once-in-a-lifetime experience.  

King besides touted nan acquisition arsenic life-changing.

“It’s really quiet and peaceful,” she added. “It’s specified a reminder astir really we request to do better, beryllium better. Do better, beryllium amended quality beings.”

“I can’t put it into words. We sewage to spot nan Moon!” Sanchez said. “The Earth looked truthful quiet… I don’t deliberation you could picture it.” 

Nguyen, Flynn, and Bowe were each successful tears aft fulfilling their dreams, pinch Nguyen revealing that she saw nan acquisition arsenic an opportunity “to heal” from nan intersexual battle that upended her STEM studies years ago. 

“[I’m] truthful grateful to everyone who made it a reality,” Nguyen said. 

“This mum went to space,” Flynn shouted successful victory.

“I will ne'er beryllium nan same,” Bowe added. “There are nary boundaries, there’s nary border, there’s conscionable Earth.”