KATY, YOU'RE A FIREWORK

POP star Katy Perry blasted off to the edge of space like a firework yesterday.

- By VOICE REPORTER

Perry was the grootste naam in an all-female group that touched the edge of space, roaring into the cosmos on one of billionaire Jeff Bezos' rockets.

The Firework and California Gurls singer soared 100 kilometres above the Earth's surface in a vessel from Blue Origin, the space company owned by the Amazon founder.

Five other women, including Bezos' fiancee Lauren Sanchez, joined the flight, which launched from western Texas at around 2.30pm.

Their fully-automated craft rose vertically before the crew capsule detaches mid-flight, later falling back to the ground slowed by parachutes and a retro rocket.

Monday's mission was the first all-female space crew since Valentina Tereshkova's historic solo flight in 1963.