Pop star Katy Perry and crew's Blue Origin spaceflight souvenirs

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April 14, 2025, 4:00 PM

• •Katy Perry brought a set list for her upcoming music tour, a "real life daisy" and bracelets that represent the pillars of her Firework Foundation.
• •Gayle King brought her grandson's favorite doll, a toy version of the muppet "Tamir" who joined the show in 2020 to discuss feelings about racism.
• •Aisha Bowe brought a small ramekin of dehydrated conch chowder, which, she said, is the national dish of The Bahamas.
• •Amanda Nguyen brought shells from the island where her mother was a refugee and a personal patch designed by a Vietnamese friend whose family were also refugees.
• •Lauren Sánchez brought "Flynn
• • a plush toy bug (rather than her NS-31 crewmate, Kerianne Flynn).

Katy Perry, Gayle King and four other women flew to space on Monday (April 14) on Blue Origin's 11th human — and first all-female — flight on its New Shepard rocket. The newly created space souvenirs and their newly qualified astronaut owners were part of Blue Origin's 11th human — and first all-female — flight on its New Shepard rocket.

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