Shepherd Rocket News Today

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>> im so happy to have sara sidner by my side today. kaitlan is off. five things to know for this tuesday, may 23rd. happening overnight, a u haul crashing into a security barrier near the white house. the driver arrested, facing charges of threatening to kill, kidnap or inflict harm on a president, vice president or family member. secret service says that crash may have been intentional. just nine days to go and still no deal in sight. president biden and speaker mccarthy saying the...

It is time now for the good stuff. the daughter of the first american astronaut alan shepard will follow her fathers footsteps when on december 9th, she and five other passengers arrived aboard the new shepherd rocket and capsule named after her father that is laura shepard churchly, she will be heading to space on the new blue shepherd mission, her father alan shepard the first man in space, the american man in space, the fifth to walk on the moon. he hit a golf ball into space and laura church...

Little bit busier since then. and its no longer just monkeys heading into a galaxy far, far away. now almost anyone can snag a seat on the spacecraft, and the richer you are, the better. billionaires and celebrities from around the world are claiming their chance to make it to space. so far this year there have been more than 20 civilians whove taken the journey on six spaceflight missions. richard bransons virgin galactic made two flights to the edge of space in a matter of months, in may with ...

When they will buckle up again, parachutes deploy, and the capsule floats back to earth, and you will watch every single minute of it live right here on msnbc. so lets bring in our own aerospace expert, tom costello. he is at the launch site near van horn, texas. tom, give us the facts. set the scene for us. who is on board and what should we be watching for on the ground? >> lets be honest, we probably wouldnt be here for the second launch of the blue origin jeff bezos rocket if it werent for t...

Near van horn, lindsey riser in our own mission control with a closer look at the new shepherd rocket, dr. may gemson, a former nasa astronaut and the first black woman in space and back with us, leroy chiou the former commander of the international space station, and garrett riseman and dr. jose hernandez. >> lets start with tom, good morning, tom, do we know anything about this delay, why the delay? >> reporter: hang on one second. im going to give you an answer. it looks like the -- it looks ...

Origin will blast off for its second manned flight. it comes just months after it launched bezos himself into space as part of its inaugural crew in july. today, science fiction is actually going to become reality when captain kirk himself, actor william shatner will become the oldest person to fly to space at the age of 90. that tops legendary astronaut wally funk who flew on blue origins first mission at age 82. lets talk about whats about to happen in the next couple of hours. the crew of fou...

Little picture, paint us a picture of what is going to happen in just over 42 minutes. >> reporter: we want to give you guys an intimate look of what theyre going to experience up there, but also more about this spacecraft. lets go ahead and give you some fast facts first. were talking about blue origins new shepherd. this is its 18th mission to space. its second crewed mission. this spacecraft is designed to fly autonomously. it could hold six people, four are going to be on board today, of tho...

We take for granted all the materials. all of those things exist, and there is a robust program in space exploration about how do we ensure that the benefits -- the things that we learned, that space technologies come to us here on earth. and so i think we have to separate out this particular tourist ride from what space exploration has done and still has the potential to do even more. >> what an important distinction, as we see the astronauts climbing up those stairs, heading up to the capsule....

Suddenly it goes out of sight. theres that sense of panic, but you know, when you speak to anyone on the blue origin team, i spoke to mark bezos who was part of the mission over the summer in the last few days who said this is all about safety, safety, safety. audry powers is going to be part of this mission. she joined blue origin in 2013. she is in charge of this rocket, of specifically land operations. so for those who are saying, oh, my gosh, captain kirk, is she going to be safe? safety doe...