During an interview ahead of the controversial flight, King admitted it was ‘troubling’ to be seen as part of an ‘ad’ for the billionaire Bezos and his fiancee.

Katy Perry, Gayle King, Jeff Bezos’ fiancée Lauren Sánchez and the rest of Blue Origin’s all-female crew posed in their space suits in a photoshoot over the weekend ahead of their journey Monday. Perry, 40, posted the pictures on Instagram and wrote, “Happy International Day of Human Space Flight Forever in awe of the Universe and it’s alignment .”

Perry, King, and a crew of four other women will take part in the first all-female flight to space in decades on Monday, becoming the latest celebrity passengers of Blue Origin’s New Shepard vehicle.