See Jeff Bezos Launch Into Space With Blue Origin Crew

JEFF BEZOS, HIS YOUNGER BROTHER MARK, WALLY FUNK, AND OLIVER DAEMEN. >> 6-5-4. COMMAND AND START. 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. OH, MY GOODNESS. LISTEN TO THE ROAR OF THE ENGINE. WE ARE ABOUT TO PASS THROUGH MAXIMUM DYNAMIC MEASURE. THAT IS WHEN THE VEHICLE IT IS AT ITS MAXIMUM. MAX-Q IS CONFIRMED. BEAUTIFUL CONFIRM ON THAT BE ENGINE. LIQUID HYDROGEN AND LIQUID OXYGEN AS THE PROPELLANT. ITS NOT JUST CLEAN IN TERMS OF A BEAUTIFULLY PERFORMING, BUT WHAT COMES OUT OF IT, ITS 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, DOESNT 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 ABOUT THE SIX-MINUTE MARK, CRAIG. I DONT HAVE THE EXACT TIME LINE. I THINK WE SHOULD MAKE THE POINT TO THE VIEWER WHO IS WATCHING THAT THE FEMALE VOICE YOU HEAR IS THE VOICE OF BLUE ORIGINS MISSION CONTROL. THIS IS NOT NASA. THIS IS NOT A GOVERNMENT ENTITY THAT IS PROVIDING US THAT KIND OF DATA STRAIGHT FROM NASA. THIS IS, OF COURSE, A PRIVATE COMPANY PROVIDING US THEIR NARRATION AND SO WE ARE VERY MINDFUL OF THAT. YOULL GET SPECTACULAR VIEWS AND THE ENGINEERING EXPERTISE AS WELL FROM BLUE ORIGINS OWN MISSION CONTROL. >> UNREAL. AWAITING SEPARATION HERE. >> RON GEARON IS WITH ME, A FORMER NASA ASTRONAUT AND F-16 FIGHTER PILOT. RON, WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW INSIDE THAT CABIN. WHAT ARE THEY FEELING AND SEEING? >> THEY HAD THE ENGINE CUT OFF SO THEY ARE FEELING LIKE THEY ARE PUSHED BACK IN THE AIR WITH A ELEPHANT ON THEIR CHEST. THE WHOLE WAY UP THEY SAW THAT VIEW OUT THE WINDOW AND PROBABLY MARVELING RIGHT NOW AT THE INDESCRIBABLE BEAUTY OF OUR PLANET AND THE THINNESS OF THE ATMOSPHERE AND CURVATURE OF THE EARTH AND I HOPE THEY ARE HAVING A WONDERFUL TIME. >> RON, THERE ARE SO FEW PEOPLE WHO HAVE SEEN THAT VIEW, THAT VIEW THAT YOU AND OTHER ASTRONAUTS HAVE ENJOYED. CAN YOU DESCRIBE IT AT ALL FOR US? >> YEAH. I THINK WHAT I EXPERIENCED IN SPACE THE FIRST TIME I LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW WAS AN INDESCRIBABLE FEELING OF GRATITUDE. GRATITUDE FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE PLANET FROM THAT VANTAGE POINT AND GRATITUDE FOR THE PLANET THAT WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN. AND I THINK IN A WAY THAT I WONT BE ABLE TO FULLY EXPLAIN, BEING PHYSICALLY DETACHED FROM THE EARTH MADE ME FEEL DEEPLY INDEPENDENT AND CONNECTED TO EVERYONE ON IT AND I THINK I SAW THE TRUE UNITY OF OUR PLANET AND SPECIES AND THOSE THINGS WE FIGHT AND EQUAL OVER AND THINK ARE SO IMPORTANT BLURRED INTO INCISION INTO THE FACE OF THAT INDESCRIBABLE BEAUTY. >> ANY MOMENT, WE ARE TOLD THAT CAPSULE IS GOING TO SEPARATE FROM THE ROCKET BOOSTER. MR. COSTELLO, AT WHAT POINT WILL THE CIVILIAN ASTRONAUTS BEGIN TO EXPERIENCE THAT WEIGHTLESSNESS? >> Reporter: THEY WILL GET IT PRETTY DARN QUICKLY. IM TRYING TO LISTEN IN TO MISSION CONTROL AS WELL. SHE IS OUR BEST SOURCE ON EXACTLY WHAT IS HAPPENING UP THERE. AS WE MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR MORE DETAILS FROM BLUE ORIGIN. SOME THAT THEY HOLD CLOSE TO THE VEST. SO THE BEST DESCRIPTION OF WHAT IS HAPPENING — >> ONE-MINUTE WARNING. ONE-MINUTE WARNING. >> I THINK — >> LETS TRY TO LISTEN IN TO BLUE ORIGIN. >> Reporter: I THINK WE ARE HEARING THEM RIGHT NOW. >> LETS TRY TO LISTEN IN. >> SO GOOD. >> GOT IT. >> GOT IT? >> I CAN SEE IT. >> YEAH. >> OH, WOW. TAKE A MOMENT. OKAY, GET IT. >> WOO! >> OH, FANTASTIC! ITS DARK UP HERE! >> CRAIG, WE ARE HEARING THEM FLOATING INSIDE THE CAPSULE AND TAKING THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF EACH OTHER. >> EVERYBODY IN? >> WE DONT HAVE THE VIDEO OF THAT JUST YET, TOM, BUT WHAT WE CAN DO IS DESCRIBE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF YOUR SCREEN, YOU ARE SEEING THAT CAPSULE, IT HAS, AS YOU CAN SEE THERE, DETACHED FROM THE ROCKET BOOSTER AND PRECISELY WHAT IS SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN. IN A FEW MOMENTS YOULL SEE THREE PARACHUTES AS WELL BRINGING THAT CAPSULE BACK TO THE GROUND. >> Reporter: WHEN I MENTIONED THE SIX-MINUTE MARK, I MEANT TO SAY THAT IS AT ABOUT THE POINT THEY GET BACK INTO THEIR SEATS THEY GET BACK INTO THEIR SEATS AND I THINK WHERE WE ARE NOW. KEEP IN MIND, WE PROBABLY GET SHOTS OF THE ROCKET COMING BACK DOWN AND THE SPACE CAPSULE SEPARATELY PARACHUTING DOWN. >> THAT IS WHAT WE ARE LOOKING AT ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE SCREEN, THAT ROCKET BOOSTER IS DESCENDING. >> COPY. >> Reporter: YEAH. THATS RIGHT. YOURE LOOKING AT THE ROCKET BOOSTER THAT WILL COME BACK DOWN AND LAND ON A MADPAD DOWN IN WES TEXAS SEPARATELY AND FOLLOWED BY THE CAPSULE WHICH IS FOLLOWED BY PARACHUTES. A PHENOMENAL LOOK AT THE ROCKET. YOU HEARD A SONIC BOOM AS THE ROCKET COMES BACK DOWN TO EARTH. ROCKET COMES BACK DOWN TO EARTH. >> THE SONIC BOOM! >> MY GOODNESS. >> MY GOODNESS. THE BOOSTER HAS LANDED. THE BOOSTER IS ON THE GROUND, TOM. >> THE BOOSTER TOUCHED DOWN. WELCOME BACK, NEW SHEPARD.