All-female Blue Origin spaceflight prepares for liftoff

(NewsNation) – Six women are scheduled Monday to take the first all-female flight into space in over half a century.

Members of the high-profile group — recording artist Katy Perry, journalists Gayle King and Lauren Sánchez, former NASA scientist Aisha Bowe, civil rights activist Amanda Nguyen and movie producer Kerianne Flynn — have been in West Texas for a few days for training and getting fitted for space suits.

Blue Origin, the rocket company owned by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, announced the trip earlier this year.