When Katy Perry stepped out of the Blue Origin capsule, the spectacle stopped cold and something raw took over. She dropped to her knees, pressed her lips to the dust, and held up a daisy for her daughter as if it were a lifeline between worlds. Moments earlier she’d been floating above Earth, singing “What A Wonderful World” through tears, suddenly aware how fragile that glowing marble beneath her really was.

Later, her words tumbled out like a confession. Space, she said, was the closest thing she’d felt to becoming a mother: terrifying surrender, absolute trust, a love so big it demanded courage. She spoke of feathers and tortoises, of strange coincidences that felt like signs, of believing something larger was steering her safely home. For all the danger and doubt, she framed the trip as a promise to her child—and a plea to cherish the only planet they will ever share.