this morning, on board the "new shepard" spacecraft, including news anchor michael strahan, and laura shepard, the daughter of alan shepard. the spacecraft is actually named after alan. they are riding along with four other paying customers. i'm almost trembling, i'm so excited to see this live. similar to previous flights, the mission is expected to last about ten minutes. with the crew experiencing about three minutes of weightlessness before the capsule starts to descent back to earth. we're being told t-minus one minute. six passengers on board. i guess one of the stars of the a flight is michael strahan, but what i found interesting is the eldest daughter of alan shepard. he was the first american to fly to space back in 1961. i didn't know this. he actually eventually walked on the moon in the "apollo 14" mission about ten years later. >> let's listen in. we're about 15 seconds from takeoff. >> 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5 -- main engine start -- 2, 1 -- [ >>> we are now watching blue origin's "new shepard's" spacecraft with a successful liftoff of its 19th flight, hovering more than 62 miles abov

laura shepard churchley following in herfather�*s footsteps 60 years after his pioneering flight as theft named after him. mission control has confirmed new shepard has cleared the tower and is on its way to space. it was a once—in—a—lifetime ride on board this fully autonomous six—storey—tall commercial flight, reaching an altitude of over 100 kilometres during a thrilling 10—minute trip. long enough to experience zero gravity, though. whoa! never seen anything like this. just like my dad! this tops an unforgettable year for human space flight, with private space companies aplenty, including space x and virgin galactic. blue 0rigin launched its first crewed space flight injuly carrying its founder, amazon's jeff bezos. captain kirk himself! star trek�*s william shatner, the oldest person to make it into space, followed in october. this third flight is blue 0rigin�*s first full capacity one, with six people on board, which descended safely back to earth. the 74—year—old's verdict? awesome! "awesome," she says. and following in her father's footsteps? i thought about dad coming down, and

laura shepard churchley with that background and that history. she is the daughter, yes, of alan shepard, but she has been very engaged in the space community and space education for decades in her life. it is really, really incredible. gio especially, i know you follow this closely and robach as well, this is a friend of ours. but that moment, to see how far we've come, to see that that moment is possible now that these two could end up in space together. >> and t.j., i'll give you another level to this. she actually flew almost the exact same flight profile as her father did. her father's flight was almost in the exact same pattern. it was just about 15 minutes long, this one was about 11 minutes long, but it was exactly the same. so when she sees her father's picture, she always says daddy, daddy, she always reacts that way, t.j. i know she did that in your interview on "gma" earlier this week and that's what she feels feeling i'm sure as she was flying in that capsule in that same flight profile. >> robach, what's the plan now? when are you go

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laura shepard—churchley following in her father's footsteps 60 years after his pioneering flight is themission control has confirmed new shepard has cleared the tower and is on its way to space. it was a once—in—a—lifetime ride on board this fully autonomous six—storey tall commercial flight reaching an altitude of over 100 kilometres during a thrilling 10—minute trip. long enough to experience zero gravity, though. whoa! never seen anything like this. this tops an unforgettable year for human space flight, with private space companies aplenty, including space x and virgin galactic. blue origin launched its first crewed space flight injuly, carrying its founder, amazon's jeff bezos. captain kirk himself! star trek�*s william shatner, the oldest person to make it into space, followed in october. this third flight is blue origin's first full capacity one with six people on board which descended safely back to earth. the 74—year—old's verdict? awesome! awesome, she says. and following in her father's footsteps? i thought about daddy coming down, and gosh, he didn't even get to enjoy anythi

this morning, on board the "new shepard" spacecraft, including news anchor michael strahan, and laura sheparded after alan. they are riding along with four other paying customers. i'm almost trembling, i'm so excited to see this live. similar to previous flights, the mission is expected to last about ten minutes. with the crew experiencing about three minutes of weightlessness before the capsule starts to descent back to earth. we're being told t-minus one minute. six passengers on board. i guess one of the

it is called the new shepard. laura, thank you so much for joining us this morning. not nervous about going into space. i'm just kind of a little nervous here. [ laughter ] >> okay, since you're not nervous you must be excited. what are you most excited about? >> i'm excited to kind of be following in my father's footsteps for starters and i'm excited just to go up higher into space to see what it all looks like. i've been looking at the stars with my father forever and now i'm just going to get -- we're all going to get really close and it's just going to be thrilling. >> it is going to be thrilling. you mentioned your father. your dad was the first american in space in 1961. he got to walk on the moon in 1971 and he famously hit a few golf balls. so what do you think he would say about what you're about to do and what advice would he give you? >> well, first off, i would have to tell him what i was going to be doing and i would let him know how he let us know when he was going up first in 1961. i would say that blue origin was going to put me in a spacecraft and th

abc's michael strahan and laura shepard churchley, the daughter of alan shepard, the first american inhis era, you know, 60 years ago was so different from today. i mean, i still can't believe that nobody was driving that space ship. >> reporter: do you approve of the original shepherd on the new shepard? >> yes. >> reporter: you do. >> , i'm very proud of it. > reporter: blue origin hasn't announced hair next mission but they have already sold out seats on several upcoming flights. omar villafranca, cbs news, van horn, texas. >> o'keefe: still ahead on the "cbs weekend news," kansas says farewell to a favorite son, bob dole. with directv stream i can get live tv and on demand anywhere. look, serena williams... matrix... serena... matrix... serena... matrix... ♪ ♪ ♪ get your tv together with the best of live and on demand. introducing directv stream. for the power of a deep clean in minutes try mr. clean clean freak with the best of live and on demand. unlike bleach sprays, clean freak begins deep cleaning on contact with 3x the cleaning power to break down tough messes in seconds so,

laura shepard churchley, the daughter of the first american in space, alan shepard.up with michael after his once-in-lifetime flight. >> just see the curvature, the atmosphere, blue, the earth, just it was too short. >> astronaut strahan going to the moon next? >> if they invite me i'm going to the moon, and i'm going to walk and talk, moon walk. >> reporter: independent got to tell you, i've seen a lot of space launches but there's something very different about seeing your own friend go up there. just 609 humans have now been to space. >> that was fun to watch. love the moon walk as well. thank you. when we come back, answers to the fedex package mystery. hundreds thrown into an alabama ravine. we look at where they wound up. yardwork... teamwork... long walks.... that's how you du more, with dupixent, which helps prevent asthma attacks. dupixent is not for sudden breathing problems. it's an add-on-treatment for specific types of moderate-to-severe asthma that can improve lung function for better breathing in as little as two weeks. and can reduce, or even eliminat

dylan taylor, the founder of the global nonprofit space for humanity and of course laura shepard churchly daughter of the first american in space, alan shepard. that was 60 years ago this year. can you believe that that he was the first american in space. alan shepard famously walked on the moon and played golf on the moon a lot of people will remember, robach. >> yes, it's always good to remember that. yes, they are all suited up and ready to go on those blue origin spacesuits. it's a very special patch. nasa astronauts have been wearing mission patches since 1965. take a look at that patch. it has all of the passengers' faces on it. it's pretty cool. there's a special nod of legendary astronaut you just mentioned, alan shepard. yes, the first american to travel into space and pays homage to glenn devries, the entrepreneur who launched into space on a blue origin flight in october and unfortunately tragically passed away in a small plane crash in new jersey just a few weeks ago, so our condolences to his family as well. as we see the patch you're looking at, it has the faces of michael a

. >> reporter: joining michael, laura shepard churchley, the daughter of alan shepard, the first americanand cameron bess, the first parent-child duo to launch together. the launch had been delayed because of strong winds in the upper levels of the atmosphere. blue origin watching that closely. >> parachutes come out right around 10,000 feet. that is completely at the mercy of the winds at this point. so if those rippeds are really strong at 10,000 feet, it can actually blow our capsule outside of our landing area. >> reporter: michael, saying he's ready to blast off. >> excited about tomorrow, going to be a lot of fun. >> reporter: david, blue origin is feeling confident about the weather tomorrow morning. our coverage begins here on abc at 9:30 eastern. david? >> thank you, gio. michael's got this. we'll be watching. i'm david muir. good night. rightly pointing out that there were no injuries, but i have been briefed by the chief of police and i have absolute confidence in the anti-up police department as well as responding visual aid assistance from brentwood and oakley will have the s

laura shepard church lee was one of 6 space tourists on the latest blue origin. launch it sword 100 kilometers up before touching down. 10 minutes later laura's late father alan made his record breaking flight 60 years ago. the blue origin craft named after him. that also were also had former nfl player michael strahan on hundreds of swimmers have made a. busy splash in hong kong harbor has the annual race resumed after a 2 year gap. to use the coven crisis. on behalf of the usual 3000 swimmers, they were allowed to compete. they all had to be fully vaccinated. the races back off to no local infections for months. the king's yoda, it's the, it's the 1st time we can participate in the sporting events is the pandemic started . which means we are ready to recover. i will have more sports news coming up with sela. and who are alive, home, our, our cup studio here and dough. how coming up in a few moments, a controversial end to the championship deciding i will be gone. plate details later after the break. ah, step beyond the comfort zone. were assumptions or challenge travel to the ends of the ear

laura shepard churchley , who's 7a , was one of six people aboard the blue origin commercial spacecraft it reached an altitude ofjust over a hundred kilometres before descending back to earth. the spacecraft is named after alan shepard who made his flight in 1961. finally long queues formed here in england as limited—edition t—shirts made by the street artist banksy went on sale. the bristol—born artist announced on friday night that the shirts would go on sale at locations in the city. he said they had been created to show support for the four people about to go on trial accused of pulling down the statue of slave trader edward colston. the shirts quickly began appearing for resale online, with one seller asking for nine thousand pounds — that's11,9a5 us dollars. in fact, that is probably a bargain. now it's time for a look at the weather. the second half of the weekend is going to remain very unsettled. you will notice in england and wales it is going to be very mild indeed. further north there will be outbreaks of rain. tying in this area of low pressure. keeping a watch because it i

they included 74 year old laura shepard church, the daughter of former nasa astronaut allen shepherd with a new shepherd. spacecraft was named after she was a special guest alongside a fee paying passengers on the 10 minute flight. they will briefly experienced weightlessness before touching back down safely in the state of texas. t v presenter and former nfl star michael strand, mostly other invited guest on the flight flight. so we're done of back out the training center here, and i got to say it was sir tony really have. you want to spell that where it was on the lever bull. it's hard even describe it as gonna take a little bit to process it way. couldn't have gone better, get my hair again, man. we haines aquifer idea today. ah, that's take a look at some of the headlines now. rescue teams in the u. s. it's searching for survivors after tornadoes ripped through 6 states on friday night, at least 80 people are dead. the southern state of kentucky was the worst hit, the extreme why the left a trail of destruction stretching more than 300.

laura shepard church lay, the daughter of america's 1st astronauts has flown into space. the blue origin rocket sword, 100 kilometers before touching down 10 minutes later, 6 tourists were on board the spacecraft including former n f l player michael strahan white. so we're dodd of that, that the trainees that are here. and i got to say it was sir tony, really, you want us to go there, but it was on the label. it's hard to even describe it. i've gotta take a little bit to process it way. couldn't have gone better, got my head. i got mad, we haines, i could fly idea today. ah, this is al jazeera and these are the headlines dozens. if your dads in the u. s. is tornadoes leave a trail of destruction across 6 states. president joe biden is calling for national unity. and as promising the full supports of the federal government, i want folks from all the states, you know, we're going to get through this. we're going to get through this together in the federal government is not going to walk away. this is one of those times when we aren't democrats or republicans. sounds like p

laura shepard—churchley took off on—board a commercial aircraft which was named after her dad — and ownedcers in london yesterday afternoon. officers were called to reports of a man with a firearm entering a bank and a bookmakers, before stopping a suspect vehicle a short time later. london's metropolitan police say the incident is not being treated as terrorism. finally, long queues formed here in england as limited—edition t—shirts made by the world famous street artist banksy went on sale. the bristol—born artist announced on friday night that the shirts would go on sale at locations in the city. he said they had been created to show support for the four people about to go on trial accused of pulling down the statue of slave trader edward colston. you're watching bbc news. hello, hello, everyone. i hope you're doing all right. for many of us, it's a much milder day across the uk. we are importing mild air from the south, but coupled with that, quite a lot of cloud around. it's not going to be a gorgeous, kind of sunny, mild day. we do also have some rain around. let's have a look at th

providing a few minutes of weightlessness for paying customers joined michael strahan and alan shepard's daughter laura. alan shepard, you may remember, went on a suborbital flight in 1961. today, his daughter brought along a tiny piece of his freedom seven capsule that he flew in. this market, the new shepherd was named after. blue origin owner jeff bezos was there to welcome them back to earth. >>> new at 5:00, sequoia national park reopened its giant forest today just three months after it was saved by fire crews. the giant forest includes the general sherman tree the world's largest living thing on earth. back in september, when lightning fires raged in the park, fire crews wrapped the oldest trees in foil and raked up fire fuels. however, the giant forest was saved, fires torched at least 2000 giant sequoias. >>> will, the proverbial calm before the storm with bay right now as this is how lake margaritas looked this morning. check out the bay this morning. we have a fixed camera up there, darren? >> this is what he did a lot of work to get up there. >> i went with the camera on my back. hiked up t

. >>> the paying passengers were joined by legend michael strahan and laura shepard churchland, her fatherong a piece of the freedom capsule that he flew in. >> this era 50 years ago was so different from today. i still cannot believe that nobody was driving that spaceship. >> do you approve of the original shepard on the new shepard ? >> i am very proud of it. >> this is blue origin third passenger flight ever. the company sold out seats and several upcoming flights. >>> the first annual holiday toy drive was today. you heard that right. >> holiday toy drive. >> we are about to find out. tesla owners held their first holiday funk in palo alto, it is a front trunk, over 60 tesla trunks were filled with toys and christmas gifts. fire engine from the fire department also made a guest appearance. >> we are easily over three to $5000 worth of toys given today. we were able to work with the fire department and police department. we will get a police escort to the fire station. it is really cool for them to open their doors and allow us to bring a bunch of toys to kids in need these days. >>> th

laura shepard—churchley, took off on—board a commercial aircraft which was named after her dad — and many of us, it's a much milder day across the uk. we are importing mild air from the south, but coupled with that, quite a lot of cloud around. it's not going to be a gorgeous, kind of sunny, mild day. we do also have some rain around. let's have a look at the big picture. first off, then, this is the main feature of our weather today. really, we have an area of low pressure here and this weather front will bring clouds and some rain in the low pressure, bringing some stormy conditions to northern parts later. but it's also the vehicle which is helping draw up this much milder air from the south. and i think many of us will feel that as we head through the day. that is the weather front perched across northern ireland into the north of england, then moving northwards into scotland as we head through the day. further south, areas that saw quite a lot of rain in places yesterday should be drier, a bit of brightness as well. some mist and fog lingering for a time across parts of wales an

laura shepard—churchley following in her father's footsteps 60 years after his pioneering flight is the people on board which descended safely back to earth. the 74—year—old's verdict? awesome! awesome, she says. and following in her father's footsteps? i thought about daddy coming down, and gosh, he didn't even get to enjoy anything i enjoyed. he was working. he was all business. right, he had to do it himself. i went on for the ride. have you seen how small his capsule was? he wasn't doing somersaults, he didn't have your windows. the only way he knew he was weightless was his straps were flying. right, because he was strapped in. underlining just how remarkably space travel has changed since 1961. how it will evolve in 2022 and beyond for the next generation, well, that's anyone's guess. mark lobel, bbc news. this is where we say goodbye to ben — he's off to read the news on andrew marr. owain is here in the studio with a look at the weather. iam taking i am taking you on quite an adventure for the next two minutes. it is going to be a very disappointing adventure we have had some lo

michael sharing a hug with fellow crew member laura shepard churchley the daughter of the first americanrd. amy catching up with after his once-in-a-lifetime flight you see the curvature. atmosphere blue the earth it was too short astronauts ray going to the moon. knight if they invite me and i'm gonna walk. moonwalk for one and i've got to tell you i've seen a lot of space launches, but there's something very different about seeing your own friend. go up there just 609 people have now been to space. geo benitez abc news, van horn, texas and on top of it all he wants to go back. we'll still head on abc 7 news at 11:00. it sounded next to impossible trading a bobby pin to ultimately get a house. we have quite an update on a story we first told you about over the summer of last year. i didn't have health insurance, not because i didn't want it. i worried it was too expensive and i was having a hard time paying our other bills. but now, for the first time in our lives, i can do both. covered california makes health insurance easier in every way. with financial help for millions of us and fr

michael strahan, the nfl great and good morning america host, laura shepard churchly, daughter of alan shepard. in homage to him and also on board in dillon taylor, ellen dicks, cameron best, lane's son. we are told it is $28 million so $2.8 million if you're in that league you don't much fuss over that. is this wraps up you see the booster itself a picture perfect landing. him and if you want to call it that, astronaut are housed but it seems again, two other launches we have from jeff bezos as he expands his reach beyond suborbital flights, moving for longer to include orbital missions to the moon. let's see if we can hear anything from the astronauts. they are all astronauts depending on your definition of what makes an astronaut but touching that point, let's listen in. >> oh yeah, look at that. my phone. did it, we did it! >> on the ground! what a blast! change i can see the shoots. >> the skylight. >> look at the horizon. >> got to watch it. >> we are not landing on a mountain. >> standby touchdown. standby touchdown. >> look at that! >> unbelievable. bill: a better of rough land

laura, let me ask you, of course, we know alan shepard your beloved father, his forever place in historyftoff? >> well, he probably would tell me that it was going to be a beautiful view and that i needed to look at the view as opposed to just doing somersaults in the weightlessness. >> laura, you have had -- >> he would say to go for it, laura. >> laura, you have had the best answers. we've enjoyed talking to you. >> there's my daddy. >> aww. >> we're talking about your dad there. oh, just seeing your reaction is precious but we have there with us too cameron and lane, this is the first parent/child duo that's going to be going to space. how special of an experience is this for you all to be able to do it together? >> well, i'm very proud to be able to do this with my son. it was a boyhood dream of mine. cameron and i used to shoot model rockets when he was young and to be able to do this real and do it together, you can't ask for more to be able to be father and child opportunity to go to space. >> i'm just happy he brought me along. you know, it's a great opportunity. >> i'll bet you

flight with a full crew of six passengers including good morning america host michael strahan, laura shepard site, a 10 minute, 13 second journey above earth, soft touch down in the desert and jeff bezos on-site to greet the newly minted astronauts. i've been talking about it all year, it's been a gang busters year for human space flight. we've seen i think closing in won't quite hit that number, but close to about three dozen private citizens that have made the journey to space this year enough that the faa is now doing away with its commercial astronaut wing program >> it's going to get to the point where we don't note it anymore. we're probably getting close, oh, yeah, this weekend another three, four people whatever it is during the course of a week, right? that's where we're headed very quickly. >> yes that is where we're potentially headed certainly with blue origin, i mean the company is now expecting to do at least six more of these suborbital missions in 2022 and by the end of next year if all goes according to plan, virgin galactic enters as well. one of the astronauts on the fligh

there is a special nod to legendary astronaut alan shepard whose daughter laura is flying with us.e origin flight in october who, unfortunately, tragically passed away in a small plane crash in new jersey just a few weeks ago. the patches you're looking at that has our six faces on it and that represents the first flight with six astronauts on board. each astronaut is represented by a star near their name and you'll see cameron and lane b bess there. they have two stars by their names to represent the first parent/child pair. >> i caught that. you have up until two minutes and 30 seconds to still back out, stray. >> he's not backing out. he's not backing out. you're not backing out, stray. >> reporter: no. i can't be the one to do that to everybody else. once you're in it, you're in it with the team. we're going through with it. gonna have fun. >> we'll keep checking in with you and right back here on "gma." >> see you later. and along the ride, you'll have many questions. challenges. and a few surprises. ♪ but wherever you are on your journey. your dell technologies advisor is her

the other special guest on board is laura church lady, the daughter of nasa pioneer alan shepard andll told everything from liftoff to touchdown lasts 11 minutes. the bulk of the spacecraft is reusable. that is what is fascinating here. the capsule, the booster, the parachutes. all of that stuff was used in the october flight when william shatner went up and on its inaugural flight for humans when jeff bezos went up in july. we are waiting and we will keep you posted. and exciting day, no doubt about that. will: from kickoff to take off, michael strahan is one of the guys making his way into space. we have with us eileen collins, the first female commander of the space shuttle along with terry virts, space station commander and tom jones, space shuttle astronaut. what is it like? >> any time you launch people into space it is a huge event. they are very excited. i'm sure the heartbeat is going hundred miles an hour, a short flight but taking a risk. got to hand it to them, getting more flights, this is a good thing. rachel: they are excited, a lot of stuff going on. what do you think

and laura shepherd, the daughter of alan shepard. >> liftoff set for thursday before high winds forcedng on blasting off. cnn aviation correspondent rachel crane is live at the site. good morning, rachel. what should we expect? >> reporter: good morning, you guys, the at stronauts are goin through the paces, before they make their way to that rocket and get inside. i want to point out that we are in a brief hold right now. we're only an hour away from the scheduled liftoff of 9:45 eastern time. we don't know what this hold is about. the good news this is not an instantaneous launch window. so, they do have a little bit of wiggle room for the launch time. and they have a few backup windows set for today. as we know, all eyes are always on the weather when it comes to a rocket launch. as you pointed out, this launch had been delayed a few days because of winds. and winds with new shepard are particularly important because the landing of the space capsule is done via parachute. you of course, want to make sure that capsule is not pushed into restricted airspace. that it lands where expect

. >> laura was 12 when her father, alan shepard, made his historical suborbital flight, becoming thecan in space. she told me the journey aboard "new shepard," named after her father, was a long time coming and allowed her to experience a little bit some of his adventures. >> way back when in '61, i was grateful that i had been a girl, because i don't know how i would have followed in daddy's footsteps. so i finally did it. it was wonderful. >> reporter: the panes passed the carmen line, the internationally recognized boundary of space, and experienced about three minutes of weightlessness before the capsule made a parachuted landing back on earth. reusability is at the core of blue origin's space strategy and this was the fifth flight of this vehicle. they celebrated with champagne showers and hugs from loved ones. they told me they are still processing the fact that they are now astronauts and the impact this will have on them moving forward. >>> i'm kristie lu stout in hong kong. thank you for spending part of your day with me and the team. my colleague, kim brunhuber, will be pic

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