[laughter] mark bezos: it's so true. i think our family has been extremely supportive through all of this and i think -- i know my wife was an absolute rock leading up to this, which made the adventure much easier for me but i know when we came down, it was sort of time to let those emotions down. it was great to see everybody and yet, it was more emotional than i anticipated good -- anticipated. jeff bezos: i wasn't nervous about my family was anxious about this. it was so sweet, actually, to get hugged by them afterward. especially my kids and lauren and my mom and dad. it really, all of you guys. we have close friends here, too. it just makes me realize how much i love you and how much i am loved. ms. cornell: wally, your friend mary is here. ms. funk: yes, i am so happy she is here. she knows what i am going through. she was mono bite flight student -- one of my flight students and i have had 3000 flight students and don't know if they will get to see this but i felt so charged. i was not nervous. i was just a normal

we have special message from christina bezos, sister to jeff and mark mays oce. -- mark bezos. the first step blue control on that note i have special message for you from your sister christina. we are so excited for this monumental launch. yes, this is something you dream of your whole life and your passion for space is infectious. mark, you are the best champion when it comes to encouraging us and our adventures. as you buckle in i remind you when jeff was captain kirk, mark, you were sulu and i took the role of the lieutenant. we would battle klingons with firing torpedoes all the while dodging in and out of traffic and praying that we make it to our destination safely. mark, be prepared to fire those torpedoes in order to do so. now hurry up and get your asses back then as i can give you a huge hug. we love you and god speed, new shepard. >> and there it is. there is our headquarters going nuts as they should. a big day for full blue origin team. they witness wouldn't me world. look at them. so amazing. again, what a day for the entire blue origin team for these crew member

ways, it's actually filling in where taxpayer dollars aren't going anymore. >> to your point about mark bezos in addition to running the family foundation, he's a volunteer firefighter as well. steph, thank you so much for that exclusive conversation with the bezos brothers. back with us dr. may jim, who was the first african-american woman in space. and also the head of the 100-year starship project. your final thoughts as we leave the news conference. >> i can say it's about making sure we have the capacity for travel within the next 100 dwreerz years. that's building capability that we can use here on earth. it's not about the launch. it's about using space as a radical plat tomorrow to really push us. the dream of space exploration is not new. it's something that has been part of humanity since we were here. we looked up at the stars and wondered what they were. we have it all want odd to go, but there was part of who we are. and so i think it's something that moves forward. this is another chapter. but i also would like to add that everything that we're seeing today, a really wonderful l

jeff bezos, mark bezos, wally funk and oliver daemon. what an incredible day. you heard the audio, best day ever. i feel like this is our best day ever, and we didn't even get to go to space. what a day. again, congratulations to the entire new team -- entire new team, -- entire blue team, and the astronauts. there, you see jeff in the window. >> the helix is up. [indiscernible] >> name pressure line or the have -- main pressure line for the hatch. gary: they are moving one of the main piercer lines to make sure it doesn't snag the hatch when it opens. >> there is jeff. thumbs up. you're there, the cc is safe. >> [indiscernible] >> woo hoo! >> confirmed. you can go live. >> woo hoo. >> gary, the architect of new shepard, congratulations to you. give me a hug. this is just -- what, what a day. [laughter] thank you, everybody, for joining us alive for our first human flight of new shepard. our fiyr asked asked our four astronauts went to space and back, topping 450,000 feet, well over 100 kilometers. we are waiting for egress. our cruise what you get out of the c

again jeff bezos, mark bezos, , wally funk and oliver daemon. what an incredible day. you heard the audio, best day ever. [laughter] i feel like this is our best day ever, and we didn't even get to go to space. i mean what a day. , congratulations to the entire blue team, our astronaut crew, and of course the friends and family of these incredible astronauts. they are just about to exit the capsule. let's wait for that moment. there, you see jeff in the window. >> the helix is up. [indiscernible] >> main pressure line for the hatch. gary: they are moving one of the main parachute lines to make sure it doesn't snag the hatch when it opens. ariane: there is jeff. thumbs up. >> you're there, the cc is safe. ariane: you heard him say the cc is safe. >> [indiscernible] >> woo hoo! >> confirmed. you can go live. go to the cameras. >> woo hoo. ariane: gary, the architect of new shepard, congratulations to you, man. gary: congratulations to you. ariane: give me a hug. this is just -- what, what a day. [laughter] thank you, everybody, for joining us alive for our first human fl

bezos or richard branson talked about apollo 11. what he does from here is going to be the question. i am going to be speaking to mark and jeff bezos in a few minutes. the question will be space travel has been a passion project. now that he's just experienced, seen earth in the rearview mirror, is this going to be his life's work. not far from here in west texas, the brothers spent a lot of childhood, their grandfather had a farm, they worked at the farm. he was involved in space exploration in the 1950s. they cared about it for so long, now what are they going to do next? >> let's watch in case we are able to hear anything on the ground as the astronauts step out of the capsule. there's a crowd around them. let's listen in. [ cheers and applause ] >> hey! woo hoo! >> congratulations. >> you've got to get up there, sweetheart. >> it was so great. >> what a day. again, a successful launch and landing of the new shepard flight crew. >> that live stream showing usury union with family members, with crew members, folks from blue origin. the excitement is palpable. you have to think the adrenaline come down will take hou

seven has given the thumbs up for all of our astronauts that are on board there, again, jeff bezos, mark bezos, wally funk and oliver daemen, what an incredible day. you heard them on the audio, best day ever. i feel like it's our best day ever and we didn't get to go to space. what a day. again, congratulations to the entire blue team, our astronaut crew and of course, the friends and family of these incredible astronauts, they're just about to exit the capsule here, let's wait for that moment. there you see jeff in the window. >> there you are. >> up here. got a line in front of the hatch. >> there's a main parachute line. >> okay. we'll have to leave this here as the u.s. senate is about to gavel in this morning. this is in keeping with our long-term commitment to bring you live gavel to gavel coverage of congress. you can continue watching our blue origins launch coverage on

jeff bezos, his younger brother mark, wally funk, and oliver daemen. >> 6-5-4. command and start. 2-1. >> new shepard has cleared the tower on her way to space in our first human crew. go, jeff, go, mark, go, oliver, go, wally. you are going to space! oh, my goodness. listen to the roar of the engine. we are about to pass through maximum dynamic measure. that is when the is at its maximum. max-q is confirmed. beautiful confirm on that be engine. liquid hydrogen and liquid oxygen as the propellant. it's not just clean in terms of a beautifully performing, but what comes out of it, it's steam, right? woo. to see -- to see -- to see the glow of the engine underneath the rocket just under our shoulders and to know that we have got a crew that is going to space. it just feels different, doesn't it, gary? >> it is totally different. >> we are watching history. the first unpiloted suborbital flight with all civilian crew. two minutes in the air now. tom, at what point do we see the capsule start to separate from the rocket booster? >> reporter: i think that will occur

in a moment, my conversation with jeff and mark bezos after their flight into space, which began on that launch pad behind me about three miles from here. they followed the path that allen shepherd took 60 years ago this may and they along with two other history-making companions flew a spacecraft bearing his name. >> t minus 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, commander start. >> two, one. >> liftoff . >> it was a picture-perfect liftoff for blue origin's "new she she shepard". on board, jeff bezos. wally funk was turned away from nasa in the '60s. today she added oldest person many space to her remarkable aviation rÉsumÉ, eclipsing john glenn. an 1-year-old, oliver damon, which is now the youngest for two and a half minutes they felt the pressure of 2gs on their bodies, and then there was this. >> there is miko, main engine cutoff. a beautiful shot. down the "new shepard" rocket. look at that view. unreal. >> a few seconds layer, after booster separation, the four unbuckled their harnesses and felt what every cloud ever has but few people ever will. >> we're doing it, guys. >> oh, wow. >> oh, wow. >

that included mark bezos, jeff bezos's brother and 82-year-old wally funk, the oldest person to leave funk and a lucky 18-year-old oliver damon. two records broken there. kristin fisher is at launch site one in van horn, texas. and kristen, we are going to hear from jeff bezos and the crew soon. excitement as they landed, excitement as they were experiencing weightlessness. i even think one of them said if i heard correctly, do you want a skittle in the midst of that moment. but quite a moment in space. >> reporter: yeah, there was so much cheering, so i just can't wait to see the video from that. but at least we got to hear the audio because you know those work crew members were having the time of their life. when you think about what this meant for those four now astronauts, i mean this is a life long dream for jeff bezos, but also an even longer dream for that 82-year-old wally funk. you saw her walk out of that capsule with her arms wide open, big smile on her face and then that 18-year-old oliver maimon just and jeff bezos's mobrother mark. we don't know when the press conference

in this hour of 360 my conversation with jeff and mark bezos after their history making flight into space. >> and vaccination is the most powerful tool we have. >> i available. >> so really being very careful about these precautions. and i think finally, anderson, just having some criteria at this point because we're here on the ground. it's confusion now because as you mentioned the ceo says the games could still be canceled at the 11th hour. what other criteria, those are the types of things i think we all want to know. >> just talking about this johnson & johnson issue, should -- if you've had a johnson & johnson and one shot, should you get a booster shot? >> let's clarify the situation. as you pointed out there was a study similar in size and reported a few weeks ago that found just the opposite conclusion. i think at this point we do need more data. we do want to take protect if they do need a booster dose with j&j, but i think it's a little too early to come to the conclusion that's what we need right now. i think it's possible all the vaccines will ultimately need that. >> testing

jeff hazel's, his brother mark bezos -- jeff bezos, mark bezos, wally funk.waiting for the auction winner. they say they will unveil it before the weeks ahead which is july 20. emily: do we know for sure the last two seats will not be filled. ed: what i am hearing from blue origin is they will keep them empty. there is no sort of an to press. you simply recline back, stare out the window to take it all in under extreme force and aerodynamic stress. and 60 miles above earth, four minutes of weightlessness before you slowly trickle back down to earth. sounds easy. i am stressed thinking about it. i would be terrified to do that. terrifying. emily: me too. i would want an experienced tour guide but we will see. ed ludlow, thank you so much. i am emily chang in san francisco. thank you for watching. this is bloomberg. ♪ in business, it's never just another day. it's the big sale, or the big presentation. the day where everything goes right. or the one where nothing does. with comcast business you get the network that can deliver gig speeds to the most businesses

mark bezos: i was surprised how easy it was to move around in zero g. ff bezos: it felt almost normal, like we were about to be in zero g. emily: people are wondering why we are investing in space. tell you top -- tell us how thi s will benefit us. jeff bezos: we are building a road to space. this is the most beautiful planet in the solar system. we have to keep it safe and protected and the way to do that is slowly, over decades, to move all heavy industry and polluting industry out into space. that is what we will do so we can keep the planet jim that it is. we need reusable spacecraft to do that and lacrosse spacecraft. that is what the tourism mission is about. emily: how do you want this to inspire the kids? jeff bezos: every kid has so much potential. i hope what we are doing is unlocking that. for kids ever work, the way you unlocked potential is with inspiration. i was inspired as a little boy by the apollo astronauts and this is the next phase of commercial space development and i hope that inspires little kids. emily: by the way, the first pers

the other passenger on board as mark bezos, the brother of jeff bezos and mark daemen who is an 18—year—oldight not be the best use of vast sums of money when there are so many things to spend it on back here on planet earth. both these billionaires have invested years of their lives into these projects and hundreds of millions of pounds and there is some criticism that money could be better spent but a lot of people say in the space industry this is more than just a billionaire space race, this is not just rockets becoming the new superyacht, this is a really important step forward for space tourism. at the moment it is the mega rich you get to goal. virgin galactic have been selling tickets at £250,000 and the customer who should have been on this first blue origin appeared at hundred and $28 billion for this flight but due to scheduling problem he is not there so the ticket went oliver daemen to from the netherlands. jeff bezos says his mission is to move his industry into space. even virgin galactic expecting to run its first paid flights at the end of spring and 2022. it will initially

. >> blue origin founder jeff bezos and his brother mark sat down with cbs this morning's gayle king shortly after their historic flight. >> elise preston on how they say the trip to space is actually bringing them back down to earth. >> you sit in the jeff bezos chair. i'm going to sit in chair number five. >> reporter: the bezos brothers gave cbs this morning co-host gayle king and up close view of their training capsule, hours after their successful launch to the edge of space. >> i think we were a little surprised by how intense the g forces were. >> reporter: jeff and mark bezos, along with veteran aviator wally funk and dutch student oliver damon experienced zero gravity during the approximately 10 minute trip in a capsule built by the billionaire's private company, blue origin. the amazon founder says it is just the beginning. >> this sounds fantastical, what i'm about to tell you, but it will happen. we can move all heavy industry, and all polluting industry, off of earth, and operate it in space. and that -- it sounds fantastical. >> or crazy, jeff these is. >> and it can't

i'm standing in front of a giant mural of bezos and his brother mark bezos here in west texas.an horn is a tiny, tiny little town. so this is very predominantly displayed here in van horn, texas. >> certainly had to ask. it was just staring right at me. rachel, thank you so much. that was such a wonderful interview. and such a wonderful report. we really appreciate it. >> you know who deserves a mural, wally funk. greatest name of all time. >> for sure. >>> here with more on jeff bezos's trip to the edge of space. an astro physicist and professor at george mason university. so much to discuss because this is pretty fascinating. but a trip to the edge of space, so tell us about where he is flying exactly, the trajectory. >> right. so what we're looking at here is what's called a sub orbital flight, we divided space activities into two, if not three. orbital and suborbital and leaving earth. you need a bigger, faster rocket to go further. so what they're doing is sub orbital. now here is the rub. how do you define the beginning of space? so, in america's military and aerospace in

in this hour of 360 my conversation with jeff and mark bezos after their history making flight into space. we begin with the world of trouble they return to. >> it follows word today that the delta variant now accounts for 83% of coronavirus samples sequenced in this country. in other words, it is now the dominant strain in the united states . >> this is a dramatic increase. up 50% from july 3. particularly in areas of low vaccination rates. the message from cdc is clear. the best way to prevent the spread of covid-19 variant is prevent the spread of disease and vaccination is the most powerful tool we have. >> i mean, it's certainly a lot to think about tonight especially when you consider how badly behind the eight ball so many states now are. because when people in those places were offered the vaccine, they said no. so let's not make any mistake this situation is happening because not enough people have gotten vaccines yet, and you can still get them. they are available. it makes a difference. if not this various, there will be another one. the longest this lasts. before we talked abo

jeff bezos, his brother mark and then the oldest and youngest to ever reach space which was billionaires 18 year-old son oliver daemen and an 82 year-old former astronaut. she was trained to go and never blasted off wally funk in fact, trained with the original mercury astronauts. but she never got a ticket on board >> spacecraft until now and basis. of course, the space cowboy and his peeking out there who brothers fly free but as we said, they are now selling tickets they started doing that. you can e-mail astronauts have blue origin. dot com, by the way, okay, you. yes, you can. actually you can actually put your bids in. but if you have to ask you can't afford in. this is true. so everything will be standing by to hear what they have to say because once they were greeted by family and friends and had this wonderful 11 minute trip that included a few minutes of weightlessness. >> they were whisked away and they're still in texas. now and is supposed to have press conference at any moment now we should hear from. >> amazon founder jeff bezos. so as soon as that happens, we'll take you

jeff bezos, mark bezos, wally funk and oliver daemen. what an incredible day. this is i feel like this is our best day ever and with we didn't even get to go up into space. congratulations to the entire blue team. our astronaut crew. the friends and families of these incredible astronauts. about to exit the capsule here. let's wait for that moment. there you see jeff in the window. >> this is a new generation. we talked about how when we were kids we would watch. think about the generation watching this. >> they're also thinking, maybe i can go. a new era in space travel, you can get a seat on one of these, it's expensive now, they're making it accessible. the whole mission, the blue origin, to get people to space and making space travel accessible. it's taken them longer to get them out than for the actual trip. we watched the entire trip to space it took 11 minutes to space. just under. >> a little ahead of schedule. look at the smile on jeff bezos' face. >> a dream come true for him. he had his naysayers. he had people who didn't believe in this and didn't w

bezos. his brother mark. and two others making history of their own in different ways. 82-year-old wally funk, who was turned away by nasa in the 1960s because they had no room at the time for the notion that a woman could be a stellar pilot, which is exactly what she became. today she added oldest person in space to her remarkable aviation resume, eclipsing john glenn. and 18-year-old oliver daemen, who is now the youngest. for 2 1/2 minutes they felt the pressure of three gs on their bodies. and then there was this. >> there is miko, main engine cutoff. a beautiful shot. down the "new shepard" rocket. look at that view. unreal. >> a few seconds layer, after booster separation, the four unbuckled their harnesses and felt what every cloud ever has but few people ever will. >> we're doing it, guys. >> okay. >> oh, wow. >> oh, wow. >> that's incredible. [ cheers ] >> space. >> oh! >> is it everything you thought it would be? >> fantastic. >> look. oliver. >> that's great. >> can you move your head a little, wal

>> reporter: also in the capsule, mark bezos and his brother amazon founder jeff bezos, whose imagination and funding created the path for the flight. >> oh, my god! expectations were high, and they were dramatically exceeded. >> reporter: bezos joins an exclusive billionaire boys club that includes sir richard branson who made the trip on his virgin galactic space had capsule. >> they are the orville and wilbur of today. godspeed to all of them. >> reporter: the nation and world watching to see where this new phase of space travel ultimately -- >> touchdown! >> lands. jay gray, nbc news. >>> up next. federal charges filed. a member of president trump's inaugural committee accused of obstructing justice. >>> if you didn't get your child tax credit payment from uncle sam last week we want to help you track it down. i'm consumer investigator chris chmura. we'll show you how next. >>> i'm chief meteorologist jeff ranieri. fog is back at the coastline. we'll talk about how much we'll see for tomorrow and the trend in our temperatures this week. i definitely think you'll like what's coming our

. >> reporter: also in the capsule mark bezos and his brother amazon founder jeff bezos whose imagine and funding created the historic path for the sub orbital flight >> oh, my god! [ laughter ] my expectations were high, and they were dramatically exceeded. >> reporter: bezos joins an exclusive billionaires' boys club that includes sir richard branson who made the trip just days ago and elon musk whose spacex team continues to shuttle astronauts to the international space station. >> what they're doing, they are revolutionizing space travel, and they are the oroville and wilbur of today. godspeed to all of them. let's see what happens >> reporter: the nation and world watching to see where this new phase of space travel ultimately - >> touchdown >> reporter: lands jay gray, nbc news >>> the man who chaired donald trump's 2017 inaugural committee was arrested on tuesday and charged with violating federal lobbying laws. the indictment said tom barrack unlawfully tried to influence te united arab emirates barrack will plead niot guilty. >>> harvey weinstein will now face charges for the

and also alongside mark bezos. jeff bases his brother, and he's an 18 year old student. of course, we will be hearing from jeff bezos later on. i don't know about you. the person i want to hear from is the 82 year old pensioner before she heads off to chevy pines in florida. wherever she's going to go with the rest of her life, she was promising that she would try to do weightless. some assaults in space. i want to see film of that taken on somebody's smartphone as the people there on the ground in texas, begin to process what they've achieved. and also, i guess the people who are interested in space exploration decide to give us a distilled version of whether this is really, really about space tourism, or about incredibly wealthy, profitable, well established business men going on and going into big intergalactic business. when governments around the world decide to fund or engage with what we've seen, or what we've got today as a little taster, a little t z of what is possible. now that the private sector is wholly involved with international plans to get up into and st

mark bezos, jeff's brother, and a mystery person who paid $28m at auction for a seat will also be onearth is preparing to take his first passengers to space, making history and dreams come true. we will fly up into space, the very first flight. laughter. with hemmant will be the trailblazing aviator, wally funk, who at 82 will become the oldest person ever to travel to space. can't hardly wait! also on board will bejeff bezos's youngest brother, mark, and to join them will be a dutch teenager, oliver damon. spaceships are becoming the new super yachts, with the launch coming one week after another billionaire realised a lifelong dream. sir richard branson may have been the first to make it to the edge of space, but when jeff bezos launches and has rocket, he will be faster and going higher. it will travel at more than three times the speed of sound to 62 miles above the surface of earth, with no human pilot on board. we have been training, the vehicle is ready, the crew is ready, wejust vehicle is ready, the crew is ready, we just feel really good about it. they will feel weightless

with him on this first fully autonomous passenger flight three other civilians — his brother mark bezosd dutch student 0liver daemen. wally was one of the mercury 13, a group of american women training to be astronauts but never made it to space. until now. five, four, command engines start, two, one. as you can hear, blue 0rigin�*s reuseable rocket, carrying its first human passengers and first paying customer, is now on its way to space. blast off for the new shepard, lift off for space tourism. the capsule separated from the booster a 250,000 feet and continue to the edge of space. they floated, weightless, but critics say this is the wrong time for them to be floating in space. oh, my god! my expectations were high, and they were dramatically exceeded. everybody who has been up into space, they say this, that it changes them and they look at it and they are kind of amazed and awestruck. i want to thank you, sweetheart, because you made it possible for me. i've been waiting a long time. a historic step in the richest man on earth's mission to move industry into orbit. sophie long, bb

he will be a comedy by his brother mark bezos as was 82- year-old wally fu d 18-yea wi become the oldest d youngest people to chl n spwith the crew. >> this has been something you've been dreaming of since you were five years old, when he saw the moon landing. so, what is it like now to know that this dream is finally coming true? >> it is so exciting. tomorrow morning, this crew is going to go don't know what it is going to mean for me. everyone has been to space says that it has changes them in some way and i'm really excited to figure out how it is going to change me. people see that you can see the thin limb of the earth atmosphere and it shows how fragile and precious the atmosphere and world is. >> this is the first human flight for blue origin. it is entirely automated. note test pilots. does make a little nervous? >> i'm not nervous. we've had 15 successful flights and i am excited, but i'm not nervous. >> we say that you do not have an automated pilot, but you do have a trained board. wally come you trained to go on space but the women's program was canceled. what does it mean f

with him on this first fully autonomous passenger flight three other civilians — his brother mark bezoslly funk and 18—year—old dutch student oliver daemen. she was one of the victory13, a group of american women training to be astronauts but never made it to space. until now. six, five, four, command engines start, two, one. as you can hear, blue origin�*s reuseable rocket, carrying its first human passengers and first paying customer, is now on its way to space. blast off for the new shepard, lift off for space tourism. the capsule separated from the post or attune a 50,000 feet and continue to the edge of space. they floated, weightless, enjoying what those who have seen it say is a life—changing view of earth... ..before the capsule fell back to its surface, carrying in it the oldest and youngest astronauts ever. oh, my god! my expectations were high, and they were dramatically exceeded. everybody who has been up into space, they say this, that it changes them and they look at it and they are kind of amazed and awestruck. i want to thank you, sweetheart, because you made it possible

issues about billionaires in space, which, you know, i understand what those issues are. >> that's mark bezos bezos' brother who just entered the blue origin capsule. there you see the capsule on the top. so, kristen, that capsule, that is where they are going to be sitting, all four of them, wally funk just went into the capsule as well. i mean, kristen, imagine 82 years old, been dreaming about this her whole life. to now have this moment come true. >> i mean, it is truly a dream come true for her. the other really special part of it, she has trained about 3,000 pilots and there you have sitting next to her is going to be 18-year-old oliver damon who he himself is training to be a pilot right now. so it really does kind of come full circle for what is about to become the oldest person to ever fly in space and the youngest person ever to fly in space all inside the same capsule. and so they are going to get a few minutes of weightlessness when the booster finally separates from the capsule. but it is going to be a very intense ride for this crew. i mean, just think about it. they're going to

mark bezos, jeff's brother. >> congratulations congratulations! >> oh -- >> as you can see, what a day. newly minted -- astronauts being greeted by their family and friends here to watch this space flight, and, this space flight and historic moment out here in the west texas desert just 25 mimes north of the small town of van horn successful, smooth launch and landing. and as you can see right there, four passengers, look pretty elated to have gone on this rather short, just 11 -- minute journey into space. >> yep quite something to have watched. all right. are we going to get back to following the markets here i think. as well. of course, you can see corner of your screen. the s&p does start the session off. jim, not a particularly strong open. >> no. >> i want to thank morgan, of course, for all of that amazing coverage joined by her again shortly, as we look at continued embraces of the astronauts that's mark bezos, i believe, jeff's brother lives not far from us in scarsdale, new york. all right. morgan, thank you. jim -- let's get back to the

his brother, mark bezos, 18—year—old dutch student 0liver daemen, and 82—year—old trailblazing aviatoraut testing and training beforejeff bezos was born, but never made it to space until now. mission control: five, four, three, two, one. i as you can hear, the reusable rocket, carrying its first passengers and paying customer is on its way to space. blast—off for the new shepard and lift—off for space tourism. look out the window. holy, good god! the capsule separated from the booster at 250,000 feet and continued to the edge of space. look at this. dark up here! where the four people were floating and weightless but critics say this is the wrong time for the uber—rich to be blasting off in rockets while the planet faces climate—driven disasters. the blue 0rigin capsule floated back to the desert carrying the richest, oldest, and youngest people to have ever travelled to space. oh, my god! my expectations were high, and they were dramatically exceeded. everybody who's been up into space, they say this, that it changes them, and they look at it and they are kind of amazed and awestruck.

with him on this first fully autonomous passenger flight his brother mark bezos, 82—year—old trail blazing five, four, command engines start, two, one. as you can hear, blue origin's reuseable rocket, carrying its first human passengers and first paying customer, is now on its way to space. blast off for the new shepard, lift off for space tourism. on the edge of space, they floated, weightless, enjoying what those who have seen it say is a life—changing view of earth... ..before the capsule fell back to its surface, carrying in it the oldest and youngest astronauts ever. oh, my god! my expectations were high, and they were dramatically exceeded. everybody who has been up into space, they say this, that it changes them and they look at it and they are kind of amazed and awestruck. i want to thank you, sweetheart, because you made it possible for me. i've been waiting a long time to finally get it up there. critics say this is the wrong time for billionaires to be joyriding in rockets, while the planet faces climate—driven disasters. advocates say space will provide solutions not problems,

that's so whack. >> thank you. >> jeff bezos, his brother mark, wally funk, and oliver damon being greeted by friends and family, some of the folks who have worked here at blue origin who have made all of this happen. this is something, kristen, that jeff bezos began in 2000 is when he founded blue origin. he had said that he thinks -- he's now stepped down as c.e.o. of amazon. he remains the chairman, but he said that the work at blue origin and the future of this work is the most important thing he believes he will do in his life. >> because he believes this is about more than space tourism. as we've been talking about, it's about ultimately doing something great for all mankind, for future generations, preserving and saving resources on our planet by moving them to space and colonizing space. you know what is so remarkable is just until a few years ago, only a select few governments could do this. u.s., china, russia. now you have spacex, virgin galactic, blue origin, and the number is just continuing to grow. i mean, what blue origin has been able to do and all of those other private s

and landing of the "new shepard" rocket and crew capsule with our first human flight crew, jeff bezos, mark that bezos, oliver daemen and wally funk. and their families giving big hugs all around. what a moment, so much emotion from all of them. the elation, did you see wally funk when she came out? i told you she was probably going to do a cartwheel as she came out of the capsule. what an incredible incredible day. a couple more moments of this. spaceflight, so much engineering, so much objective hard engineering, technical thought that goes into it. when you put people on board, there is such an incredible emotional component to this. the time, the effort, the blood, sweat and tears, you know this better than everybody else, congratulations. >> congratulations to the entire blue origin team. this may have look easy today. it was anything but easy. to design a vehicle like this that is so safe that anybody can get on board. >> wally funk today became the world's oldest astronaut at 82, to oliver daemen who became the world's youngest astronaut at 18 joining us from the netherlands, big sho

bezos, his borother mark and oliver day monday enjoyed weightlessness tossing balls and doing somersaultrd to pour millions into blue origin he needed to found the company that made him the wealthiest man in the world. he turned an online bookstore he created 27 years ago into a delivery juggernaut using their own jets and draones to deliver to customers but never lost sight of the childhood dreams. >> if i could do anything, i'd like to go help explore space. >> now, bezos along with fellow billionaire elon musk are trying to disrupt space travel the same way they chanctransformed respe industries here on earth. >> what we're doing is the first step of something big and i know what that feels like i did it three decades ago with amazon. >> blue origin is working with heavy industries on earth are moved into space to preserve the planet and protect humahumanity. he believes it's a natural evolution for humankind. >> one of the biggest surprises because it felt so normal. it felt so -- like almost like we were as humans evolved to be in that environment. >> back on planet earth, many peop

jeff bezos, who mark describes as his best friend.d, boom, that scared me until someone said don't worry, it's supposed to do that. so, you're on pins and needles when they actually touch down but when they do, it's pure jubilation. >> i know we have a little sound from the young man, the 14-year-old boy, who was watching the take off and landing. he was filming it with all of his devices. i thought for every nerd out there, what a remarkable moment. you'll never know what dreams he's going to dream, what things he'll do with just having witnessed what you just did. >> well k we just say that we love all blerds. i'm on the same team. i felt the same thing when i saw that. just the message that it sends to all kids, really, but certainly all kids of color, to know this is possible, to know this exists. the fact his parents brought him so he could see it in person. there were a lot of people who said it's in a small town of van horn. i never heard of until jeff bezos and team were here. rrs but people were camped along the street becaus

ed: if all goes to plan, it will generate 110,000 pounds of thrust propelling jeff and mark bezos upmon line, 62 miles above earth as they approach, the booster will separate from the capsule. it will carry on beyond the common line to 66 miles above earth. it's not far enough to escape earth's graphtational pull, so the capsule after a few minutes of weightlessness for the astronauts will start falling back down to earth using its own air resistance to slow itself down. there will be some drag chutes fired. as it nears the three large pair chutes will deploy with a sudden burst of air from the air thruster just the capsule hits the ground. as of money evening, they completed their brief two-day training, as with any launch, weather in west texas in the summer is a factor. for blue origin, a substantive step forward in slow progress. jeff bezos founded the company in 2000, he acquired the land in 2005. it was not built under 2014. in that time, what's happened is spacex has leapfrogged blue origin in terms of technology. it has won most of the commercial contracts from nasa and other

ed: if all goes to plan, it will propel jeff bezos, mark bezos, and others up towards 62 miles abovethey approach the cap soul to 66 miles above earth. it is not far enough to escape earth's gravitational pull so the capsule after a few minutes of weightlessness will start falling back down to earth using its own air resistance to slow itself down. there will be drive shoots fired and as it nears the earth, three large parachutes will deployed with a sudden burst of air just before the capsule hits the ground. as of monday evening, they completed their brief two day training. for blue origin, it is a substantial step forward in what has been slow progress. he acquired the land here in west texas for the blue origin site in 2005. it was not built until 2014. in that time what happened is spacex has leaped from blue origin in terms of technology. it has won most of the commercial contracts from private sector partners and blue origin want to catch up, providing paying customers just a few minutes of weightlessness with the original call for the company. it is the tip of the iceberg in

midway through the launch, that is when the crew capsule jeff bezos, mark bezos, wally funk and olivert will separate from the rocket booster and continue on up into space. over the carmen line, they will experience 3-4 minutes of weightlessness. the booster will come down to earth. then the crew capsule will come down to earth. the parachute, three of them, willfully and flight and land in a cloud of desert dust, hopefully, somewhat comfortably. shery: it puts it into context, all of that money and energy for 11 minutes, but how exciting is that? you mentioned virgin galactic and the launch at how different is the vision of jeff bezos from branson or elon musk? emily: richard branson and virgin galactic are focused on space tourism only. there flight is over an hour. the mothership takes a high altitude flight into space and that plane drops and continues on up into space. but the whole mission is about 65 minutes. and we are looking at $250,000 a pop. four jeff bezos, space tourism is a small part of the equation. as i understand it, he wants to demonstrate the technology now, he wan

origin and owner of "the washington post" alongside him, his brother and best friend, 50-year-old mark bezosier also a volunteer firefighter since 2 2005. also, wally funk who trained to go to space 60 years ago in a women's program later canceled. she never actually flew to space and now at 82 she is poised to be the oldest person to do so and last but not least 18-year-old oliver daemen from the netherlands who just graduated from high school, and he is now set to become the youngest person ever to visit space. i had the chance to sit down and talk to all four of them and i began by asking jeff bezos what it's like to be hours away from making his childhood dream of going to space a reality. >> it's so exciting. you know, this crew is going to go to space and i have just been dreaming of this really my whole life. but i don't know what it's going to mean for me. everybody who's been to space says it changes them in some way and i'm just really excited to figure out how it's going to change me. people say they see the thin lymph the earth's atmosphere and teaches them how fragile and precio

it will be interesting with jeff bezos, mark bezos, wally funk who will become the oldest person ever, all of them on board together. what you make of the fact richard branson had a successful launch over the weekend? jeff bezos thought he was going to be the first of the billionaires to fly to space. he will be second. last but not least. what are your expectations for the event? >> i don't think jeff bezos viewed it as a race with branson. he picked july 20 because it is the 52nd anniversary of the apollo 11 moon landing. it was not to beat anyone out of the gate. wally funk was a member of the mercury 13th, the female athletes that did not get to fly. she fulfills a lifelong goal. with all of her, the youngest person to go to space. for jeff bezos, this is symbolic. he wants to reinvigorate interest in space. a sense of swashbuckling adventure. this is more kind of a symbol. it is a symbol of the remarkable trustee has in this company because he is putting himself out there as a bit of a kenny pig and noah human being has -- a bit of a guinea pig and no human being has flown on thi

bezos and his brother mark have long-standing roots in the southwest. d you're looking at visit you of a little surprise stop by bezos and his brother. the two of them stopping by the press room to share some texas barbecue for dinner. they also brought a token close to home. their grandmother's recipe. >> try this at home. this is our favorite recipe. >> before leaving, they joked the barbecue would not be their last meal. thankfully, they were right. morgan on the ground in van horn, texas. just outside the launch zone bubble. morgan, what has all of this meant for that tiny town? >> reporter: it's meant a lot. and i can tell you the last 15 years since he acquired blue origin's property in 2005 has really started to at least transform that outer area there. it are mains to be seen how many how much of a direct impact it will have in the town, but i can tell you it marks a momentous occasion. there were 15 test flights before this it one, but this being the first now successfully manned flight. it's a good sign of things to come. and it was interesting

. >> now, victor and alisyn, oliver is set to join jeff bezos, jeff's brother mark bezos and aerospace oldest person in space at the age of 82, so very interesting that on this flight you'll have the oldest and the youngest person ever to travel into space. also, interesting to point out that oliver was not the original person intended to be on this flight. an auction winner paid $28 million but blue origin is saying a scheduling conflict forced that participant to drop out and now we have oliver set to become the youngest person in space. >> okay. rachel, thank you very much. i don't know if it's winning if you pay $28 million. >> no, it's a purchase. >> all right. in just a few minutes president biden and german chancellor angela merkel will hold a joint news conference to talk about climate crisis, russian cyber attacks. jake tapper will have special coverage when "the lead" starts right after this. and now get netflix on us. it's all included with 2 lines for only $70 bucks! only at t-mobile. some people have joint pain, plus have high blood pressure. they may not be able to take j